Word Finder - budge

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To move.

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I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.

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To move.

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I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.

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To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.

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The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.

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(Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.

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Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!

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To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.

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Brisk; stirring; jocund.

He sensed she wasn't going to budge this time and relented.

He wasn't going to budge.

Both sides would n't budge, they wanted all or nothing.

We will never budge an inch from our principle stand on Kashmir.

The visiting speedster refused to budge tho, leaving the Robins to settle for a 4-2.

When Fred gets stubborn, neither crowbars nor kind words are going to budge him.

When Louis tried to leave the Tuileries for St Cloud at Easter 1791, in order to enjoy the ministrations of a nonjuring priest, the National Guards of Paris would not let him budge.

While the others moved cautiously to the bridge, enthralled by the scene in both directions, Edith refused to budge any further.

No amount of probing would budge them from their till now avowed stand on the incident.

The first game promised a grand fight; the first game in Perry's match with Budge yielded ten deuces and this one nine.

Within minutes everyone is drenched yet nobody will budge an inch.

The next step was to try to undo the bush using a socket spanner on the tool, however it wouldn't budge.

Low profile pour spout for compact packing, Stay-put lid won't budge during pouring, Wire handles fold down for compact storage.

We'll go to our places and won't budge.

No-one was able to budge it and Thurso romped into a 16-5 lead.

The next step was to try to undo the bush using a socket spanner on the tool, however it would n't budge.

Low profile pour spout for compact packing, Stay-put lid wo n't budge during pouring, Wire handles fold down for compact storage.

They don't budge, and their fluid-gel consistency make them a dream to apply.

If you tear frequently due to seasonal allergies or frequent colds, you'll benefit from a mascara that won't budge.

Chief among these advantages is the fact that gel liners tend to last much longer than traditional eyeliners that when applied correctly, are virtually budge proof.

In addition to being lightweight and strong, the Tightropes are meant to fit well and not budge.

The Nintendo Wii has pushed change and revolutionary games at us since the release and although it appears that Nintendo has gained some gamers that usually aren't gamers, regular video game players just don't seem to budge.

She tried the Zone diet and a regular yoga routine, but those last few pounds just wouldn't budge.

Now, jump up and down, bend over and twist; do whatever you can think of to make sure that suit is not going to budge.

They will only budge when bumped by one of the bigger Zhu Zhus or when someone manually pushes them.

The two often go hand-in-hand, but look at the Olympic lifters hoisting weights that much larger, oiled-up bodybuilders can't even budge, and you'll see there are other factors in play as well.

Budge cited above.

To the last Gregoire remained a devout Catholic, exactly fulfilling all his obligations as a Christian and a priest; but he refused to budge an inch from his revolutionary principles.

He would not budge, he would not fall, He would not stun, no, not at all!

The priority-setting exercises that don't deliver what residents want and the partners who don't budge unless there's something in it for them.

Even if the homeowner won't budge, you're sure to walk away with a bargain.

Unlike her former lovers, he was a man of masterful will, a budge philosopher who carried her intellect by storm before he laid siege to her heart.

You want to lose belly fat quickly for your class reunion, to fit into that swim suit, or to fit back into that red dress, but that stubborn belly fat doesn't seem to budge even when you diet.

Watching the scale not budge can be frustrating, so try an alternative form of measurement.

It has a budge of over $1 million a week.

If the bra doesn't budge, you've found your match.

Maspero, Dawn of Civilization, p. 204; Wiedemann, Religion of the Ancient Egyptians, p. 227; Budge, Gods of Egypt, i.

Of the excellence of his style and of his practical religious zeal we are able to judge from the thirteen homilies on the Christian life and character which have been edited and translated by Budge (London, 1894).

Wallis Budge, to whom the present writer owes his information, was shown the stream in which their last christ had been baptized.

Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Sudan (2 vols., 1907) and The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1095), edited by Count Gleichen.

These texts are for the most part excessively corrupt, and despite the translations of Pierret, Renouf and Budge, much labor must yet be expended upon them before they can rank as a first-rate source.

Dr Wallis Budge visited several of the far southern sites and made some tentative excavations, but no extensive explorations were undertaken until an unexpected event produced a sudden outburst of activity.