Learn English – ‘Let’s move!’ – is this okay in the context of going to watch a movie

meaning-in-contextword-choiceword-differenceword-meaning

Let's move. Or else, we'll be late at the show.

I'm telling this to my friend. We have a plan to watch a movie and come back!

I remember a learned person advising me that using move for such thing is not a good practice. Because when you move, you shift or go for some mission! as in…

Let's move soldiers. Be brave and kill those buttheads or
True, we are moving next month. Visa and everything is ready.

Kindly confirm that what I understand is right. I have kept meaning in context as a tag so as to avoid it being closed as a general question of word meaning.

Best Answer

The more common option is indeed let's go, but let's move works as well - with a slightly different meaning!

Let's move can mean several things:

  • Let's displace objects (or people) from one place to another. (The soldiers)
  • Let's go and live somewhere else. (We're moving next month)
  • Let's get a move on - let's physically move our bodies. (because we want to go somewhere)

However, for the last meaning, I believe the more idiomatic let's get a move on or let's get moving are more commonly used.

It is not just used when you want to go somewhere, you can also say:

Let's move! The house won't clean itself.

But more idiomatically:

Let's get a move on! The house won't clean itself.
Let's get moving! The house won't clean itself.

Related Topic