budge

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to change your opinion or decision because someone is trying to persuade you.

v. to yield or compromise in one's opinions, beliefs, or demands under pressure.

“The manager refused to budge on the price, even after we complained.”

“Negotiators remained hopeful, but the opposing party would not budge on the core issue of territorial sovereignty.”

C1 · Advanced Dialect · Informal

v. to push into a line of people instead of waiting at the back.

v. to join the front or middle of a queue rather than the back; to cut in line.

“It is very rude to budge in line when others have been waiting for an hour.”

“The supervisor had to intervene when a group of teenagers tried to budge in at the front of the ticket queue.”

C2 · Proficiency Uncountable noun Archaic · Technical

n. a type of lamb fur used in the past to decorate clothing.

n. a type of fur prepared from lambskin with the wool left on, historically used for trimming scholastic or formal garments.

“The old portraits show scholars wearing gowns trimmed with budge.”

“The ceremonial robes were traditionally edged with budge, a practice that fell out of common use by the late seventeenth century.”