080 Butt in

Butt in

 

(PW) interfere

Please don’t butt in to our conversation, it’s personal.

 

(free)

butt in (on someone or something)

to interrupt someone or something. Pardon me for butting in on your conversation, but this is important. John butted in on Tom and Jane to tell them that the mail had come.

 

butt in

to interrupt Sorry to butt in on you like this, but there's an important call.

 

(usingEnglish)

butt in (on someone or something)

to interrupt someone or something. Pardon me for butting in on your conversation, but this is important. John butted in on Tom and Jane to tell them that the mail had come.

 

butt in

to interrupt Sorry to butt in on you like this, but there's an important call.

 

(answers)

verb

To intervene officiously or indiscreetly in the affairs of others: horn in, interfere, interlope, meddle. See participate/abstain.

 

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idioms  

Interfere, interrupt, intrude. For example, Mom is always butting in on our conversations, or It's against the law for employers to butt in on personal matters. This term alludes to the thrusting of an animal with its horns. [Slang; 1890s]

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