budge up

English

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.
   • 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:

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

Synonyms

• scoot over, scoot up, move over, thrutch up