scoot over

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scoot over

verb scoots over · scooting over · scooted over

  1. colloquial, intransitive To move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space. Please scoot over a little so I can sit down.

    Similar: scooch, budge up, scoot up, move over, shove over

  2. colloquial, transitive To slide (something) across or aside. Scoot that ottoman over for me, would you?

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verb to move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space

Españolarrimarse, aplegarse, arreconchumarse
Françaisse décaler
Русскийподвинуться podvinutʹsja

verb to slide (something) across or aside

Españolarrimar, aplegar
Русскийподвинуть podvinutʹ

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@misc{scoot_over_2026,
  title = {scoot over},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scoot%20over},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}