budging

verb

Definition of budgingnext
present participle of budge
1
as in succumbing
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
as in shifting
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
as in removing
to change the place or position of the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for budging
  1. succumbing
  2. shifting
  3. removing
  4. conceding
  5. submitting
  6. relocating
  7. bowing
  8. transferring
Verb
  • The church's front doors lay in pieces, succumbing to the flames and the pressure of the water.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Frey said believes Hoover slipped on the ice, fell to the ground and was unable to get back up before succumbing to harsh weather conditions.
    Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of succumbing
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  • About halfway through the year, the El Niño pattern faded, slowly shifting towards La Niña conditions, which are expected to begin early next year.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Well, 2024 seems to have been a very busy year for the OECD and the OECD inclusive framework base erosion and profit shifting in terms of implementation of these two pillars.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of shifting
Verb
  • The front requires the extra task of removing the headlamp first and then reattaching it after installing the rack.
    Scott Kramer, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • At the end of the Wild King Nights, Pines was responsible for cleaning hotel rooms or rooms where the events took place and removing evidence of drugs, removing bodily stains like blood and urine from furniture and sheets, and packing away all items used.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of removing
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  • Liverpool won their opening three games without even conceding a goal.
    Duncan Alexander, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In this present moment, United are leaking goals, conceding 17 in their last nine games.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of conceding
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  • Residing or working in the country without legal status and submitting false documents to government authorities for a range of benefits or for employment is already a federal crime.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • After submitting those contributions for public matching funds, the Adams campaign raked in an additional $22,000 in taxpayers’ cash off of them, records show.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of submitting
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  • Since then, The Rising moved to a stadium near Wildhorse Pass on the Gila River Indian Community, before relocating again to a stadium at 38th and Washington streets in Phoenix on the site of the old dog track.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • These include starting a new team, relocating an existing team in another market, or elevating the Phoenix Rising from a lower league and admitting it as an MLS expansion team.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of relocating
Verb
  • Over the following decade, however, the show acquired a cult following through DVDs and streaming, and a few years ago, bowing to fan demand, Scott’s company helped produce a six-episode reboot, released in 2023.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Over the following decade, however, the show acquired a cult following through DVDs and streaming, and a few years ago, bowing to fan demand, Scott’s company helped produce a six-episode reboot, released in 2023.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of bowing
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  • Assad's departure also led analysts and government officials to claim that Russia may be transferring some of its military assets from Syria's Tartus naval base and Hmeimim air base to Libya.
    Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The particles are too small, however, to reflect the sun's heat-energy-transferring infrared light.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of transferring
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