move away

move away (third-person singular simple present moves away, present participle moving away, simple past and past participle moved away)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move,‎ away.
2. (intransitive) To go away from a place, especially when permanently changing one's residence.

   I lost contact with my friend after she had moved away.

   • 1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178:

     By Tuesday evening the track had been cleared to the three snowbound engines, and the following day, under their own steam, they were moved away; the business of relighting their fires and raising steam in such conditions is better imagined than described.