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 unit of length equal to ¹/₃₆ yard — see Weights and Measures Table

: a small amount, distance, or degree

: stature, height

: to move by small degrees : progress slowly

: to cause to move slowly

: island