budge

/bʌdʒ/

Definition

› to move or cause someone or something to move: [I] The demonstrators would not budge from the governor’s office. [T] We tried to open a window but couldn’t budge any of them.

(Definition of budge verb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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