budge1
[buhj](often used negatively)
- to move slightly; begin to move: He stepped on the gas but the car didn't budge.
- to change one's opinion or stated position; yield: Once her father had said “no,” he wouldn't budge.
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- to cause to move; begin to move: It took three of them to budge the rock.
- to cause (someone) to reconsider or change an opinion, decision, or stated position: They couldn't budge the lawyer.
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Origin of budge1
1580–90; < Anglo-French, Middle French bouger to stir < Vulgar Latin *bullicāre to bubble, frequentative of Latin bullīre; see boil1
Synonyms
See more synonyms for budge on Thesaurus.com4. persuade, induce, move, sway, convince.
budge2
[buhj]
- a fur made from lambskin with the wool dressed outward, used especially as an inexpensive trimming on academic or official gowns.
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- made from, trimmed, or lined with budge.
- Obsolete. pompous; solemn.
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Origin of budge2
Budge
[buhj]
- (John) Donald,1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
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Examples from the Web for budge
Contemporary Examples
During his budge speech, Treasurer Joe Hockey proclaimed: “The age of entitlement is over.”
Nothing, it seems, will budge them from their opposition to give-and-take of governance.
The Democratic presidential administration refuses to budge, and the government is shut down.
In this crisis, there were no hands on deck—no one willing to budge one iota from their respective ideological corners.
The administration refused to budge on calling a spade a spade.
Historical Examples
As for me, not a foot will I budge, till I have seen thee empty that bowl.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
He was ordered into the boat at least half-a-dozen times, but swore he would not budge.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
She saw me, scanned me from head to foot, and did not budge.
A Comedy of Marriage and Other TalesGuy De Maupassant
One might have a discharge of artillery; she did not care to budge once she had settled in a heap.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
I tell you if a man cannot say to Nature: "Budge me from this if ye can!"
Strife (First Series Plays)John Galsworthy
budge1
- to move, however slightlythe car won't budge
- to change or cause to change opinions, etc
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Word Origin
C16: from Old French bouger, from Vulgar Latin bullicāre (unattested) to bubble, from Latin bullīre to boil, from bulla bubble
budge2
- a lambskin dressed for the fur to be worn on the outer side
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Word Origin
C14: from Anglo-French bogee, of obscure origin
Budge
- Don (ald). 1915–2000, US tennis player, the first man to win the Grand Slam of singles championships (Australia, France, Wimbledon, and the US) in one year (1938)
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Word Origin and History for budge
v.
1580s, from Middle French bougier "to move, stir" (Modern French bouger), from Vulgar Latin *bullicare "to bubble, boil" (hence, "to be in motion"), from Latin bullire "to boil" (see boil (v.)). Cf. Spanish bullir "to move about, bustle;" Portuguese bulir "to move a thing from its place." Related: Budged; budging.
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