budge

verb

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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 Topless combines a treatment, base coat, color and top coat into one formula which, only 50 seconds after applying a second layer, is dry to the touch and not going to budge for eight days. — Jackie Fields, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025 The 117-year-old Davis General Store is not budging. — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Feb. 2025 The steel build won’t budge or buckle, and there are built-in notches to manage cables. — Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2025 The material is thicc, and the tall waistband doesn't budge even during the most pretzel-y of poses. — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for budge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budge
  1. succumb
  2. shift
  3. remove
  4. submit
  5. move
  6. relocate
  7. concede
  8. transfer
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  • All the Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia succumbed to the same fate and were conquered by Sargon.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Tripp Miller, 50, succumbed to severe injuries endured from the tornado.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of succumb
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  • The United States has shifted its approach on the war since the return of Trump to the White House.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The increase came as border-crossing routes shifted away from Arizona to California last winter and spring, with San Diego County becoming the busiest gateway for undocumented immigrants crossing between ports of entry.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of shift
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  • In other instances, including the president's attempt to invoke the wartime Alien Enemies Act to remove certain migrants, judges have issued temporary restraining orders that prevent enforcement of a policy, typically for 14 days, to allow for further proceedings.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • McCall underwent a six-hour operation back in November to remove the 14mm benign cyst from her brain.
    — Caroline Frost, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of remove
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  • Details of the encounter are scant — laid out in a narrative that runs less than two pages in an affidavit for an arrest warrant that Escondido police submitted last month.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • State insurance regulators require companies to submit financial reports regularly, which include details about assets, liabilities, and claims reserves.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of submit
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  • The baby kept moving her fingers right around the dog's eyes, but Daisy Doo didn't care.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Once the pandemic came along, Stegemann moved bit by bit from Hamburg out to Bender’s in the countryside.
    — Fiona Bornhöft, Architectural Digest, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of move
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  • At various points in the episode, Ms. Huang completes her fellowship and prepares to be relocated to another Lumon facility, Dylan resigns out of despair over never getting to live the life his outie has, and Burt encourages Outie Irving to get out of town before Lumon can hurt him.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Trump in February said all the Palestinians living in Gaza should be relocated into other Middle East countries, while the U.S. develops the territory.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of relocate
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  • Afterwards, Farke conceded he had been tempted to start Gnonto in Aaronson’s place.
    — Beren Cross, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
  • In November, Zelenskyy conceded not all territory could be won back by force and may have to remain under de facto Russian control after a settlement.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of concede
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  • Following its recovery, workers transferred the mummy to the Niğde Museum Directorate for further analysis.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2025
  • He was transferred to a detention unit on the Dutch coast.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
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