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present participle of budge
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1
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
- despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to budge from her position
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2
to change one's position
- he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him
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3
to change the place or position of
- the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it
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- embedding
- (also imbedding),
- entrenching
- (also intrenching),
- implanting,
- ingraining
- (also engraining),
- lodging,
- rooting
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“Budging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budging. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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