budge

bouger, déplacer

Changer de place ou faire bouger quelque chose, souvent avec difficulté.

En anglais simple : To move from a position, or make something move, often with difficulty.

• The door won't budge.
• We pushed hard but couldn't budge the car.
• The stone finally budged a little.

Synonymes : move, shift

Expressions courantes : budge an inch, budge the door, refuse to budge

céder, fléchir

Changer d’avis ou accepter d’accorder à quelqu’un ce qu’il demande.

En anglais simple : To change your opinion or agree to give someone what they want.

• She refused to budge.
• They won't budge on the deadline.
• He finally budged after hours of discussion.

Comment l'utiliser : budge on something (The seller wouldn't budge on the price.); budge from a position (Neither side would budge from its original position.)

Synonymes : give in, yield, relent

Expressions courantes : budge on something, refuse to budge, budge an inch

resquiller, doubler

Passer injustement devant des personnes qui attendent dans une file.

En anglais simple : To unfairly get ahead of people who are waiting in a line.

• Don't budge in line.
• He budged ahead of us at lunch.
• She got angry when a boy tried to budge.

Comment l'utiliser : budge in line (The children complained when someone tried to budge in line.)

Synonymes : cut in line, jump the queue

Expressions courantes : budge in line, budge ahead