budge

[US]/bʌdʒ/
[UK]/bʌdʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. to slightly move or to change one's mind; to yield
n. the fur with the wool on the outside of sheepskin
adj. decorated with sheepskin; pretentious, arrogant; solemn.
Word Forms
Past Tensebudged
Present Participlebudging
Past Participlebudged
Third Person Singularbudges
Pluralbudges

Phrases & Collocations

budge an inch

cannot budge

refuse to budge

Example Sentences

won't budge an inch.

The car won't budge an inch.

I can't budge him.

Money can't budge me.

I can't budge this rock.

budge up, boys, make room for your uncle.

She won’t budge from her opinions.

We tried to negotiate a lower price but they wouldn’t budge an inch.

and since, pull as I liked, I could not budge the downhaul; that was the extent of what I could accomplish.

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