budging
present participle ofbudge
budge
verb[IorT]
uk/bʌdʒ/us/bʌdʒ/budgeverb[I or T](MOVE)
If something will not budge or you cannot budge it, it will notmove:
I'vetriedmovingthedeskbut it won't budge/I can't budge it.
Transferring and transporting objects
- bear
- bearer
- bike
- bike rack
- bore
- borne
- bring
- budge
- call forsomeone
- chauffeur
- convey
- portage
- post-delivery
- putsomething/someonedown
- redeliver
- redelivery
- transplant
- transport
- transportation
- truck
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Immobility
budgeverb[I or T](CHANGE)
tochangeyouropinionor to make someonechangetheiropinion:
I'vetriedpersuadingher, but shewon'tbudge.
Strong-willed
- adamant
- adamantine
- adamantly
- aggressive
- aggressively
- go-getting
- going
- gutsy
- hard-boiled
- hard-headed
- pigheadedly
- purposeful
- purposefully
- pushy
- recalcitrant
- ultra-serious
- unbending
- undaunted
- unrelenting
- unrelentingly
Phrasal verb
budge up
Examplesofbudging
budging
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I wonder whether they are reallybudgingnow.
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They came about because in the course of the 11 years they found that otherwise there was absolutely no hope ofbudgingthe illegal régime.
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I have freely admitted to ourbudgingour way through the chaos that we inherited.
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The motion would have been carried unanimously rather than having to have a debate that is revealing that the corporation is notbudgingan inch.
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But he refused to do so because he is a small-minded man; he thinks he is proving himself to be very strong by notbudgingon this issue.
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That wall is notbudging.
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- look out for someone/something
- lookout point
- lookout post
- look-over
- look over something
- look over sth
- look-over-sth
- look-right-through
- look right through someone
- look-round
- look round (somewhere/something)
- look round (somewhere/sth)
- look-round-somewhere-sth
- look sb in the eye/face
- look-sb-in-the-eye-face
- look sb up
- look-sb-up
- look-see
- look-see
- look someone in the eye
- look someone in the eye/face
- look sth out
- look-sth-out
- look sth up
- look-sth-up