"budge up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: budges up [present, singular, third-person], budging up [participle, present], budged up [participle, past], budged up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} budge up (third-person singular simple present budges up, present participle budging up, simple past and past participle budged up)
  1. (UK, intransitive, informal) To move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting. Tags: UK, informal, intransitive Synonyms: scoot over, scoot up, move over, thrutch up

Inflected forms

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