budging

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
   • I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.
2. (transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.
   • I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.
3. To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
   • The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.
4. (Canada, Western, Upper Midwestern US, Indiana) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
   • Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!
5. To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.

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