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budging up

budging up is the present participle and gerund 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 budging up

What is budging up the present participle and gerund of?
Budging up is the present participle and gerund of budge up.

Words near budging up in the dictionary

  1. budgie smugglers
  2. budgies
  3. budging
  4. budging an inch
  5. budging the needle
  6. budging up
  7. budgrook
  8. budgrooks
  9. budgy
  10. Budha
  11. Budhism

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