give/budge an inch

:  to make a present of

:  to grant or bestow by formal action

:  to accord or yield to another

:  capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain :  flexibility

:  the ability of a material to bend or stretch

:  a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward

:  move, shift

:  to give way :  yield

:  to cause to move or change

:  pompous, solemn

:  a small amount, distance, or degree

:  stature, height

:  a fall (as of rain or snow) sufficient to cover a surface or to fill a gauge to the depth of one inch

:  to move by small degrees :  progress slowly

:  to cause to move slowly

:  island