cut in (on)

verb

Definition of cut in (on)next
as in to butt in

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  1. butt in
  2. invade
  3. perturb
  4. infringe
  5. trespass
  6. encroach
  7. agitate
  8. anger
Verb
  • To save her parents' small-town bar and arts venue, a Broadway dancer (Britt Robertson) stages an all-male holiday dance revue to get butts in seats and enlists a buff contractor (Chad Michael Murray) and his pals to show off their moves.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The Bad Moms actress is officially the first woman to show her naked butt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of butt in
Verb
  • Israel evacuated northern communities to create a security buffer instead of invading Lebanon to directly counter Hezbollah’s missile attacks, effectively allowing Hezbollah to continue its strikes.
    Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The bone analysis also showed that almost all of the victims were local to the area, suggesting that the attackers invaded the community to carry out their brutal acts.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of invade
Verb
  • Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones was perturbed that the sun was brought up again as an issue in his $1.2 billion retractable roof stadium, which has glass doors on either end.
    Schuyler Dixon, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
  • As the grandson of four immigrants who landed on Ellis Island, David has become particularly perturbed by debate in the U.S. around immigration.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of perturb
Verb
  • TikTok fought in court, arguing the ban infringes on the company’s First Amendment rights, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last week denied its petition to review the law and upheld the ban.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Opponents, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana, argue the law infringes on private medical decisions.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of infringe
Verb
  • Li was arrested the next day for allegedly trespassing at Mar-a-Lago.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • At one time, the property required 24-hour security due to trespassing concerns.
    Will McGough, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of trespass
Verb
  • But there's also a fear that drones can encroach upon personal privacy.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2024
  • For the financial industry, the specter of companies like Walmart encroaching on their turf has loomed large.
    Sridhar Natarajanand Jaewon Kang Bloomberg News (WPNS), arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of encroach
Verb
  • In Old Overholt’s case, that love goes back to the mid-2010s, a few years into the rye revival, when rye whiskey specialist Bradford Lawrence successfully agitated for a return to quality for the brand.
    Tony Sachs, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The demonstrators agitated for the cancelation of the match because of Israel's conduct in the war in Gaza.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of agitate
Verb
  • The trip angered China, which claims Taiwan as its own.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • His amplification of Lee's viewpoints angered Social Security advocates.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of anger
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