budge up
phr. v..phr. v.. to move your body slightly to one side so that there is enough space for someone else to sit down.
phr. v.. to shift one's position, typically while seated, to accommodate another person; used almost exclusively in informal, spoken contexts.
Can you budge up so I can sit down?
The kids had to budge up on the sofa to make room for their grandmother.
If everyone on the bench would budge up just a fraction, we could probably fit the remaining passengers without anyone having to stand.
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- budge + up
highly informal and usually used as an imperative or a polite request among friends.
this is a British English colloquialism; contrast it with the more neutral 'make room' or the American 'scoot over'.
Budge up the chair.Budge up so I can sit on the chair.this phrasal verb is intransitive; you do not 'budge up' an object, you simply 'budge up' to create space.