as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
stop butting in on my personal life
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Recent Examples of butt in
But the gambit is about getting more butts in seats, bringing people back to the movies and back in the habit of seeing independent film.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
Keeping your baby's name a secret will prevent those awkward conversations about the name’s meaning and cut down on opportunities for friends and family members to butt in with their own—unasked for—name suggestions.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 23 July 2024
If the trailer is any indication, their murderous musical shenanigans are primed to get plenty of Little Monster butts in seats.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 16 July 2024
Because people will show up and put their butt in the seat.
—Dalvin Aboagye, IndieWire, 1 July 2024
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
Keeping your baby's name a secret will prevent those awkward conversations about the name’s meaning and cut down on opportunities for friends and family members to butt in with their own—unasked for—name suggestions.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 23 July 2024
If the trailer is any indication, their murderous musical shenanigans are primed to get plenty of Little Monster butts in seats.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 16 July 2024
Because people will show up and put their butt in the seat.
—Dalvin Aboagye, IndieWire, 1 July 2024
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One of my personal favorite characters is Liz, Jimmy and Alice’s interfering neighbor.Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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In South Africa, armed gangs steal copper in bulk to sell to recyclers, occasionally killing those who interfere.Vince Beiser, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
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Georgia Tech coach Brent Key quietly has turned a Yellow Jackets mess back into a solid program.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
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Best Walmart Black Friday Cordless Vacuum Deals Cordless vacuums can make cleaning up small, everyday messes a simple task.Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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That, combined with a quick Congressional quashing of pending FCC privacy regulations, also left the commission powerless to stop broadband providers from snooping on their customers.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Caught snooping What a weirdo pic.twitter.com/jjobqAomhp — v (@vgveegeevg) October 7, 2024 SnoopyWeekly’s silence on the election was deafening.Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Nara and Lucky Blue Smith poked fun at the numerous parodies of themselves online in their latest takeout video.Athena Sobhan, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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In fact, fresh green daylily shoots were poking out of the soil just days after the top leaves were charred.Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Butt in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt%20in. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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