budge

verb

Definition of budgenext
1
as in to succumb
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to budge from her position

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2
as in to shift
to change one's position he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him

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3
as in to remove
to change the place or position of the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it

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Recent Examples of budge As dozens of Indianapolis Colts fans pulled an oversized flag onto the field to practice the pre-game ceremony, Doyle didn’t budge. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 The cellar had been hacked out of granite boulders and wouldn’t budge. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026 Technology has held up far better than the rest of the market lately, with the Nasdaq-100 barely budging during last week’s 628-point Dow selloff, even as the broader software group takes a breather after a strong summer run. — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 Anything less would add to Iran’s economic pain but not enough to budge its strategic calculus. — Yash Roy, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for budge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budge
  1. succumb
  2. shift
  3. remove
  4. concede
  5. move
  6. relocate
  7. submit
  8. transfer
Verb
  • Rejecting Question Three would send a powerful signal that not every American is ready to succumb to cynicism and propagate the worst parts of our political culture.
    — Colin Pascal, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Moore succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital later in the morning.
    — Jessie DiMartino, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of succumb
Verb
  • Later, Mars trines Neptune in your partnership house, shifting attention toward the people who genuinely inspire you.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, consumer priorities have shifted.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of shift
Verb
  • Other organizations abandoned associations with Hastert, and his portrait was removed from a hallway outside the House chamber.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Community organizations spent decades cultivating wealthy baby boomer donors, and so that connection fades with each generation removed from the original donors.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of remove
Verb
  • Children today are growing up around AI, robots and devices that once belonged to science fiction, and Yoshida concedes that reality has, in some ways, caught up with Doraemon’s gadgets.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The network apologized; Rather defended the report initially but conceded after several weeks that the materials should not have been used.
    — Walter Podrazik, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of concede
Verb
  • Rural areas account for nearly 40% of sales of fast-moving consumer goods, according to data from consultancy Nielsen Consumer.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Tinubu’s then-employers at Mobil Oil told investigators his treasurer role did not involve moving large sums and that the company never authorized him to hold its funds personally.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of move
Verb
  • De La Faverie decided to relocate the brand’s operations to Deciem’s headquarters in Canada for a complete overhaul, a move endorsed by brand founder William Lauder.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The prologue starts in 1986 in Newfoundland with a family relocating, uprooting their lives in the most all-encompassing of ways, taking their entire home — propped up on a barge and steered by a lone motorboat — across a bay.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of relocate
Verb
  • There are currently around 1,000 new Pip claims submitted every day in the UK; about 34% are successful.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Holtec International has submitted its Preliminary Safety Analysis Report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of submit
Verb
  • According to court records, the money obtained was allegedly transferred to various individuals and businesses, primarily Annas 4 Contracting, LLC, and New Life Painters, LLC.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This is also the first congressional election cycle since George Soros transferred control of his political operation to Alex in 2023.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
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“Budge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budge. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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