budge up

verb

To move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting.

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Meanings

verbbudge up (third-person singular simple present budges up, present participle budging up, simple past and past participle budged up)

present singular third person budges up · participle present budging up · participle past budged up · past budged up

  1. UKinformalintransitiveTo move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting.

    ‘Budge up, yeh great lump,’ said the stranger.

    1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN

    Synonyms: scoot over, scoot up, move over, thrutch up

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting.

Similar
scoot overscoot upmove overthrutch up
Also see
scoot over
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APA

budge up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/budge%20up

MLA

“budge up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/budge%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “budge up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/budge%20up.

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