makeamove (third-person singular simple presentmakes a move,present participlemaking a move,simple past and past participlemade a move)
- (idiomatic) Totake action.
- (idiomatic, chiefly UK and India) Todepart from a place; toset off.
- 2000,Carola Dunn,Rattle His Bones (2011 Macmillan ed.),→ISBN,p. 173 (Google preview):
- “We'll give you a lift, darling,” Lady Genevieve said languidly, rising. “It's time wemade a move.”
2006, Roberta Kray,The Debt[1], paperback edition,→ISBN:"Do you want to stay for another or shall wemake a move?"
He looks at his watch. "Yeah, let's go."
2009, Dan Katz,Dave the Detective: Book #2 Identity Crisis,→ISBN,page150:“Should wemake a move?” she asked over the music. “We could find a place to dance. or we could go back to our place.”
- (idiomatic, often followed byon) Toinitiate a conversation orperform an action intended to engage thewillingattention of a person in whom one has aromantic orsexual interest; to approach someone of romantic or sexual appeal in hopes of escalating to a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship.
2007, Anita Hamilton, “50 Best Websites 2008: Howcast”, inTime, retrieved13 July 2014:[T]he video how-to site Howcast . . . breaks from its more staid counterparts, such as Expert Village and eHow, by injecting a necessary dose of humor. Come here to learn "how tomake a move on a girl while watching a movie on a couch".
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seemake,move.
- (depart from a place): Sometimes used as apolite way of describing the act of leaving the company of others.
perform an action to attract someone's attention
