budge
Yield an inch
To budge is to move, usually slightly and often reluctantly.
The word almost always appears in negative constructions: The door wouldn't budge, She refused to budge on the price.
When something or someone won't budge, they remain stubbornly fixed in place or position.
To budge someone is to get them to move or change their stance: Nothing could budge him from his opinion.
Force something away
Persuade by gentle urging
- convinceCause to believe
- swayRock back and forth
- influencePower to affect others
- urgeStrong inner drive
prompt · encourage · motivate · prevail · cajole · wheedle · pressure · entreat
Incapable of being shifted
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
steadfast · unmoved · intransigent · resolute · uncompromising · rigid · firm · fixed
Cease resistance or severity
- give inCease resistance, concede
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- capitulateYield under pressure
- acquiesceSubmit without protest
surrender · submit · compromise · bend · soften · accommodate · defer · back down
push
Force something away
shift · inch · edge · slide · scoot · jostle · poke · prod · elbow · dislodge
coax
Persuade by gentle urging
urge · prompt · encourage · motivate · prevail · cajole · wheedle · pressure · entreat · implore
immovable
Incapable of being shifted
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
adamant · steadfast · unmoved · intransigent · resolute · uncompromising · rigid · firm · fixed · rooted
relent
Cease resistance or severity
- give inCease resistance, concede
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- capitulateYield under pressure
acquiesce · surrender · submit · compromise · bend · soften · accommodate · defer · back down · cave
- won't budge
- budge an inchMove even slightly
- budge upShift to make space