My grandma always says, "そこ" when she wants someone to move, -usually she just
says that to my mom or me- but I have heard that that translates more as a
brusque, **move** than an, "excuse me". Would I just add ”ください” to the end to
make it more polite?
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politeness phrases
What is the polite way to say, "move?"
そこ literally means "there" so you can't just add ください to it. For "move", I
think you would say:

> どいて。(informal)  
>  どいてください。(polite form of どいて, but still sounds informal)  
>  (ちょっと、)そこ、あけて。 (Lit. Make room there.)  
>  etc.

To sound polite I think you could say:

> ちょっとあけてください。  
>  ちょっとあけてくれませんか。  
>  ちょっとあけてもらえますか。  
>  ちょっとあけてもらえませんか。  
>  ちょっとすみません。  
>  etc...
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To add to the other answers, if you want to go even more polite (i.e. a more
formal setting or dealing with strangers) you can use 失礼します. It's more
indirect too, rather than explicitly saying "get out of the way or move".
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You may simply say

> どいて頂けませんか。

This however, is too polite:

> どいて頂けませんでしょうか。
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