If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement. The Americans are adamant that they will not budge on this point No amount of prodding will budge him
United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)
If someone or something will not budge, they will not move. If you cannot budge them, you cannot make them move. Her mother refused to budge from London I got a grip on the boat and pulled but I couldn't budge it
budges
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Etymologie
[ 'b&j ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English bugee, from Anglo-French bogee.