give/budge an inch
idiom
: to make even a slight change in opinion or attitude
I begged him to reconsider, but he wouldn't give/budge an inch.
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Jessica Roy, ELLE, 16 June 2023
With their thick elastic band snug around my head, my goggles didn’t budge an inch.
—Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2023
The sturdy sculpture, however, didn’t budge an inch.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
But as the return to the office accelerates, many will inevitably have to communicate face-to-face again with ‘difficult’ colleagues – the boss who won’t budge an inch, or the colleague who storms off at the first sign of challenge.
—Anna Shields, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
According to him, his father is a man who would never change his opinion or give an inch or move his position.
—Dallas News, 30 July 2020
With neither team wanting to give an inch in their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series, the intensity, the choppiness, the shoves, and the elbows all heightened.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
The Game of the Century certainly lived up to the hype, at least to those who drooled over peak SEC defenses refusing to give an inch to offenses with names like Odell Beckham Jr., Trent Richardson, Russell Shepard and A.J. McCarron.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 3 Dec. 2020
The rhetorical back-and-forth has become a political sideshow, with neither side wanting to give an inch.
—Dante Chinni, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2023
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Jessica Roy, ELLE, 16 June 2023
With their thick elastic band snug around my head, my goggles didn’t budge an inch.
—Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2023
The sturdy sculpture, however, didn’t budge an inch.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
But as the return to the office accelerates, many will inevitably have to communicate face-to-face again with ‘difficult’ colleagues – the boss who won’t budge an inch, or the colleague who storms off at the first sign of challenge.
—Anna Shields, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
According to him, his father is a man who would never change his opinion or give an inch or move his position.
—Dallas News, 30 July 2020
With neither team wanting to give an inch in their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series, the intensity, the choppiness, the shoves, and the elbows all heightened.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
The Game of the Century certainly lived up to the hype, at least to those who drooled over peak SEC defenses refusing to give an inch to offenses with names like Odell Beckham Jr., Trent Richardson, Russell Shepard and A.J. McCarron.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 3 Dec. 2020
The rhetorical back-and-forth has become a political sideshow, with neither side wanting to give an inch.
—Dante Chinni, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2023
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