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Examples of butt in in a Sentence
stop butting in on my personal life
Recent Examples on the Web
Because people will show up and put their butt in the seat.
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Dalvin Aboagye, IndieWire, 1 July 2024
One potential con to this style of bird feeder (which several Amazon reviewers note): Its open design allows for squirrel interlopers to butt in.
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Amy Wilkinson, SELF, 14 June 2024
Armand butts in the narration for the first time, politely at first, until Daniel also butts in, and soon, the three of them are bickering about the merits of Paris in voiceover.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 19 May 2024
The body is lying face down, and the legs swing up into the air, backward, and get placed down to the left and right side of the robot's butt in a crazy contortionist's pretzel position.
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Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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“Butt in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butt%20in. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
butt in
verb
: to meddle in someone else's business
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