budge

  • 21budge — un·budge·abil·i·ty; un·budge·able; budge; un·budge·ably; …

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  • 22budge — v. (usu. with neg.) 1 intr. a make the slightest movement. b change one s opinion (he s stubborn, he won t budge). 2 tr. cause or compel to budge (nothing will budge him). Phrases and idioms: budge up (or over) make room for another person by… …

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  • 23Budge — v. (usu. with neg.) 1 intr. a make the slightest movement. b change one s opinion (he s stubborn, he won t budge). 2 tr. cause or compel to budge (nothing will budge him). Phrases and idioms: budge up (or over) make room for another person by… …

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  • 24Budge — Lambskin worn with the wool outwards. Budge was used to decorate the edges of gowns and other formal clothing. There is a Budge Row in London, near Cannon Street, where skinners and makers of budge once lived and worked. The Skinners Company had… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 25budge — verb 1) the horses wouldn t budge Syn: move, shift, stir, go 2) I couldn t budge the door Syn: dislodge, shift, move, reposition 3) they refuse to budge on the issue …

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  • 26budge — I [[t]bʌdʒ[/t]] v. budged, budg•ing. (often used in the negative) 1) to move slightly; begin to move: The car wouldn t budge[/ex] 2) to change one s opinion or stated position; yield: My mother said “no” and refused to budge[/ex] 3) to cause to… …

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  • 27budge — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bugee, from Anglo French buge Date: 14th century a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward II. verb (budged; budging) Etymology: Anglo French bouger, from Vulgar Latin *bullicare, from… …

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  • 28budge — verb /bʌdʒ/ a) To move. I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch. b) To move. I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it. Syn: shift …

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  • 29Budge — This very interesting and long established surname recorded in the spellings of Bouch, Budge and Buche, is of early medieval English origin, and has three possible interpretations. Firstly, Bouch may belong to that sizeable group of early… …

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  • 30budge — verb 1) the horses wouldn t budge Syn: move, shift, stir, go 2) I couldn t budge the door Syn: dislodge, shift, move, stir, reposition …

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