budge on
Frequency: 4.81.4 per million words
used to indicate not changing one's opinion or demands about a specific issue
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Examples (10)
- The union won't budge on its demands.
- Despite hours of negotiation, the company refused to budge on the salary increase.
- He will not budge on his decision to move abroad.
- The government is not expected to budge on its new tax policy.
- Do you think they will ever budge on this key issue?
- She wouldn't budge on the price, so I walked away from the deal.
- No matter how much we pleaded, our parents wouldn't budge on the curfew.
- They are not budging on their stance that the project must be completed by Friday.
- She refuses to budge on the principle of artistic freedom.
- If they don't budge on the main points, the talks will collapse.