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budged up

budged up is the simple past and past participle of budge up.

Meaning of budge up

Verb

budge up (third-person singular simple present budges up, present participle budging up, simple past and past participle budged up)

  1. (UK, informal, intransitive) To move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting.
    • ‘Budge up, yeh great lump,’ said the stranger.1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN

Questions about budged up

What is budged up the simple past and past participle of?
Budged up is the simple past and past participle of budge up.

Words near budged up in the dictionary

  1. budge up
  2. budgeable
  3. budged
  4. budged an inch
  5. budged the needle
  6. budged up
  7. Budgee Budgee
  8. Budgen
  9. Budgens
  10. budger
  11. budgeree

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