budgebudge /bʌdʒ/ verb [intransitive, transitive usually in negatives] 
She leaned on the door, but it wouldn’t budge.budge from Will hasn’t budged from his room all day. The horse refused to budge an inch.► see thesaurus at move2to change your opinion, or to make someone change their opinion: The government has refused to budge.budge on He won’t budge on the issue.budge from Treacy refuses to budge from his principles.
WORD ORIGINbudge
Origin:
1500-1600 French bouger, from Latin bullire; ➔ BOIL1VERB TABLE
budge
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | budge |
| he, she, it | budges | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | budged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have budged |
| he, she, it | has budged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had budged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will budge |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have budged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am budging |
| he, she, it | is budging | |
| you, we, they | are budging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was budging |
| you, we, they | were budging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been budging |
| he, she, it | has been budging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been budging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be budging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been budging |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The car was stuck in the snow and we couldn't budge it.
- But prices had budged by only-pennies at a time, and mostly they went down.
- Gandhi would not budge from five.
- He desperately tried to drag his hand away, but it wouldn't budge.
- I told my boss this but he refused to budge on it.
- Immanuel Kant sat in Konigsberg and never budged.
- The threats were dire enough to make the Republicans look reckless when they refused to budge.
- They can not be shot or netted since they refuse to budge and will be sitting tight underground.
THESAURUS
to go to a different place, or change the position of your body: · Sarah moved away from the window.· Every time I move I get a pain in my left shoulder.
to move slowly from one side to the other: · The branches swayed in the wind.· Donny swayed drunkenly as he walked back to his car.
to move repeatedly from one side to another, with small gentle movements: · He rocked backward and forward in his chair.· The boat rocked from side to side with the waves.
to move unsteadily from side to side: · The bike wobbled a bit, but she soon got it under control.
to keep moving or playing with your fingers, hands, feet etc, because you are bored or nervous: · Diana fidgeted nervously with her pencil.
to make very small movements from side to side with your body, especially because you feel uncomfortable: · By the end of the hour, most of the children were squirming in their seats.
to make small movements from side to side, especially in order to get into or out of something: · The dog wriggled under the fence and escaped into the street.· She managed to wriggle into the dress, but it was much too tight.
if part of your body twitches, it makes small movements that you cannot control: · A muscle on Yang’s face twitched.
written to make a movement – used especially when describing a situation in which no one moves, or someone wakes up: · In the village a dog barked but no one stirred.· The sleeping child stirred and opened her eyes.
to move – used when you are trying hard to make something move, often without success: · The piano wouldn’t budge.
Longman Language Activatorwhen it is difficult to move something especially spoken if you can't move , you are unable to move, for example because you are injured: · Elsie was so frightened that she couldn't move.can't move something: · I can't move my leg - I think it's broken.
someone or something that is stuck is fixed or trapped in a particular position or place and cannot move or be moved: · I can't open the window - it's stuck.stuck in/at/between etc: · The elevator was stuck between two floors.get stuck (=become stuck): · They tried to drive through the snow, but the car got stuck.stuck in traffic: · Sorry I'm late. I got stuck in traffic.
something that is jammed cannot be moved because it is trapped between two surfaces or trapped between parts of a machine: · The drawer's jammed - I can't get it open.jammed in/under/between etc: · The paper has got jammed in the printer again.
if your fingers, back, neck, legs etc are stiff , it is difficult and usually painful for you to move them: · I woke up with a stiff neck this morning.· After a twelve hour plane ride, my back was stiff and sore.feel stiff: · I felt really stiff after playing basketball last week.
British /paralyzed American when it is difficult or impossible to move your body: completely/partially paralyzed: · A car crash in 1997 left him completely paralysed.paralysed with: · Deborah stood at the side of the stage, paralyzed with fear.
unable to move or be moved from a place: · After the flood, hundreds of stranded vehicles lined the roads.stranded on/in/at etc: · Whales occasionally swim too close to shore and become stranded in the shallow water.leave somebody stranded: · My car broke down, and I was left stranded by the side of the road.
also caught up British if two or more things are entangled or caught up , they are completely twisted together so that they cannot move or separate: entangled in: · His hands were entangled in the ropes.· My glasses were caught up in my hair and I couldn't take them off.become/get entangled/caught up (in): · A child swimming in the river had become entangled in the weeds and been drowned.· Our umbrellas got caught up as we tried to squeeze past each other.
if something won't budge , or you can't budge it, you cannot move it even though you try very hard: · Could you give me a hand with this box? It won't budge.· The dresser was so heavy that I couldn't even budge it.not budge (something) an inch: · I tried to raise the window, but it wouldn't budge an inch.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The horse refused to budge an inch.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
The horse refused to budge an inch.· They spend ever more on public education, yet test scores and dropout rates barely budge.· And the stock barely budged from when he took over.· In the Treasury market, Washington budget wranglings took a back seat to empty desks as prices barely budged.
NOUN· Once on the ground again she tried pulling the horse, but still it would not budge an inch.
VERB· I told my boss this but he refused to budge on it.· So I honked and honked, but he refused to budge.· They can not be shot or netted since they refuse to budge and will be sitting tight underground.· The coalition is refusing to budge on its demands for control of the 14 cities it apparently won Nov. 17.· The threats were dire enough to make the Republicans look reckless when they refused to budge.· He then removed two of the kittens, but the third refused to budge.· But they refused to budge and he legged it.· The snow on the windscreen refused to budge.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to move, or to make someone or something move: - And even with his size he didn't know what to do with Braden standing over him and not giving an inch.
- I was just a novice and he was fairly frightening, not giving an inch until he had sounded you out.
- Once on the ground again she tried pulling the horse, but still it would not budge an inch.
She leaned on the door, but it wouldn’t budge.budge from Will hasn’t budged from his room all day. The horse refused to budge an inch.► see thesaurus at move2to change your opinion, or to make someone change their opinion: The government has refused to budge.budge on He won’t budge on the issue.budge from Treacy refuses to budge from his principles.