move about
Go from one place to another, or change where you live or work regularly.
Meanings
To change your physical position, moving from place to place within an area.
"It's important to move about regularly during a long flight to avoid stiffness."
To change where you live or work frequently, relocating from place to place.
"His father was in the military, so he moved about a lot as a child and attended five different schools."
To reposition or rearrange objects within a space.
"She moved the chairs about until she found an arrangement that worked for the meeting."
Very common in British English. Can describe physical movement within a room or building, or a lifestyle of frequent relocation. Also used transitively to mean repositioning an object.
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