Move along
What does 'along' mean in that?
Traffic Cop: Stop. Stop. Stop! All right, didn't you see that traffic light?
Karen: You've got to excuse him, sir. You see, he just came to life and he doesn't know much about such things.
Traffic Cop: Oh, well, okay, if he just came to life. [Cop blows whistle] Move along! That silly snowman. Once they come to life they don't know nothing. Come to life? [Soft whistling]
Frosty the snowman
Top answer
"along" literally means something like "so as to follow the course (of something)". In this case it can be understood as "along the street", but in practice "move along" is a set phrase that is used to ask someone to move forward or move away from the vicinity.
- "along" literally means something like "so as to follow the course (of something)".
- In this case it can be understood as "along the street", but in practice "move along" is a set phrase that is used to ask someone to move forward or move away from the vicinity.
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"along" literally means something like "so as to follow the course (of something)". In this case it can be understood as "along the street", but in practice "move along" is a set phrase that is used to ask someone to move forward or move away from the vicinity.
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