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budgebudge /bʌdʒ/ verb [usually in negatives] informal ETYMOLOGYbudgeOrigin: 1500-1600 French bouger, from Latin bullire; ➔ BOIL1 VERB TABLEbudge |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
► budge an inch I couldn’t get the window to budge an inch. 1[intransitive, transitive] to move, or make someone or something move: The car was stuck and we couldn’t budge it.budge from Will hasn’t budged from his room all day. I couldn’t get the window to budge an inch.2[intransitive] to change your opinion or accept something that is not exactly what you wanted, usually used in negative sentences: budge on They wouldn’t budge on the price.budge from Democrats refused to budge from their opposition to the plan. |