budge up

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budge up

verb budges up · budging up · budged up

UK, informal, intransitive To move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting. ‘Budge up, yeh great lump,’ said the stranger.
Similar: scoot over, scoot up, move over, thrutch up

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@misc{budge_up_2026,
  title = {budge up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/budge%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}