orders to move on

Example Sentences

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Coco pleaded guilty to breaching traffic laws, lighting a flare and disobeying police orders to move on.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

But this time, police said, they had blocked traffic and refused to obey orders to move on.

From Time Magazine Archive

Engelbert shouldered his musket and gave the orders to move on.

From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann

We had orders to move on Tuesday, the 18th of the same month; but, owing to the rainy weather, did not leave.

From Our Battery The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A. by Cutter, Orlando P.

When he comes out to his carriage, a couple of gendarmes will mount the box, and the coachman will get his orders to move on.'

From Barry Lyndon by Thackeray, William Makepeace