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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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.
—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.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2024
Jerry Giesler butted in and declared that the killing was a case of justifiable homicide.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
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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.
—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.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2024
Jerry Giesler butted in and declared that the killing was a case of justifiable homicide.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
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“Butt in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt%20in. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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