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   Budge

   /bəj/

   

   verb

   • 1. make or cause to make the slightest movement: "the line in the bank hasn't budged" Similar moveshiftchange positionstirgive waygomovedislodgeshiftchange the position ofremoverelocaterepositionget/set going
   • ▪ make room for another person by moving: "budge over, boys, make room for your uncle"
   • ▪ change or make (someone) change an opinion: "I tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't budge" Similar change one's mindgive waygive inyieldacquiescecompromiseadaptretractdo a U-turneat one's wordsdo an about-turn

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French bouger ‘to stir’, based on Latin bullire ‘to boil’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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