budge

sich bewegen, bewegen

Sich von einer Stelle bewegen oder etwas bewegen, oft nur mit Mühe.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: move, shift

Häufige Wendungen: budge an inch, budge the door, refuse to budge

nachgeben, einlenken

Seine Meinung ändern oder jemandem zugestehen, was er verlangt.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: budge on something (The seller wouldn't budge on the price.); budge from a position (Neither side would budge from its original position.)

Synonyme: give in, yield, relent

Häufige Wendungen: budge on something, refuse to budge, budge an inch

sich vordrängeln

Sich unfair vor Menschen stellen, die in einer Schlange warten.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: budge in line (The children complained when someone tried to budge in line.)

Synonyme: cut in line, jump the queue

Häufige Wendungen: budge in line, budge ahead