1. To move slightly or to cause to make the slightest movement: "Vince couldn't budge the door open because it had been stuck to the frame by the flooding water."

"Jane asked Nick if he would try to open the jar lid for her because she couldn't budge it."

2. To change or to make someone change his or her opinion: "No matter how much Sebastian tried to get Jayne to work in his store, she wouldn't budge."

"Sheena tried to change Barney's mind about who to vote for, but she couldn't budge him."

3. Etymology: from French bouger, "to stir", based on Latin buillire, "to boil".