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

The newcomer announces that their regiment has orders to move on, and that if Gerald does not join them he will be dishonored.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel

We remained there some time, until we had orders to move on and take a position a mile or more nearer Hagerstown.

From Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Glazier, Willard W.