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

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.

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

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

General Smith's brigade had orders to move on the right of the column of attack and cut off the retreat of the enemy in that direction.

From General Scott by Wright, Marcus Joseph