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budges up

budges up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 budges up

What is budges up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Budges up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of budge up.

Words near budges up in the dictionary

  1. budgers
  2. Budgerum East
  3. budges
  4. budges an inch
  5. budges the needle
  6. budges up
  7. budget
  8. budget airline
  9. budget airlines
  10. budget constraint
  11. budget constraints

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