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Uncommonbudge
The correct spelling is budge.
How to pronounce budge
/bʌdʒ/
verbIPA: /bʌdʒ/
Say it like: Buj
The correct spelling is budge. To move. For example: "I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch."
Usage Examples
“I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.”
“I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.”
“The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To move.
- 2.To move.
- 3.To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
- 4.(Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
- 5.To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
adjective
- 1.Brisk; stirring; jocund.
- 2.Austere or stiff, like scholastics
noun
- 1.A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.
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