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Budging

Budge \Budge\ (b[u^]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budged (b[u^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Budging.] [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, It. bulicare to boil, bubble), fr. L. bullire. See Boil, v. i.] To move off; to stir; to walk away.

I'll not budge an inch, boy.
--Shak.

The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they.
--Shak.

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budging

vb. (present participle of budge English)

Usage examples of "budging".

But Mary stood her ground as if she had no intention of budging off this mountain, her slate-blue eyes full of fire and her fragile chin lifted in the way that he'd learned meant others could just get out of her path.

He'd spent the ten minutes trying to talk Nick into telling him what John had taught her, but she wasn't budging from her initial negotiation.

Rig sloshed down the steps and threw his weight against the door, budging it just enough for the half-elf to slip out.

The creature, of course, hung on with all twelve tentacles, hardly budging until I ordered, “Full stop!

If they had to go back to negotiations, Tabini wouldn't budge from what he saw as already his — though Tabini might sound as if he were budging — and come after the matter from a new vantage, one of those small privileges of a leader with consensus pre-voted and as yet unwavering.