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budge

UK/bʌd͡ʒ/ US/ˈbʌdʒ/ fairly common slang
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

move very slightly

  • “He shifted in his seat”
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noun

1.

United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French bouger, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre (“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”), from Latin bullīre (“to boil; seethe; roil”). More at boil.

Phrases

  • budge an inch
  • budge the needle
  • budge up

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