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
Phoenix’s co-star at the time compared him to a higher-profile actor, to which the director butted in and shot down the comparison.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 24 July 2025
The blockbuster was born out of China’s cutting-edge film industry in record time — putting thousands of butts in seats and raking in millions at the box office before the craze could end.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 July 2025
But the Clippers have mostly kicked butt in that regard since Steve Ballmer – a man, at last check, who’s worth $136.5 billion took over … and the Lakers have one more championship to show for it, and a matching Western Conference finals appearance.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 19 June 2025
But the head of the Democratic National Committee wants party officers to not butt in for primaries.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 24 July 2025
The blockbuster was born out of China’s cutting-edge film industry in record time — putting thousands of butts in seats and raking in millions at the box office before the craze could end.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 July 2025
But the Clippers have mostly kicked butt in that regard since Steve Ballmer – a man, at last check, who’s worth $136.5 billion took over … and the Lakers have one more championship to show for it, and a matching Western Conference finals appearance.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 19 June 2025
But the head of the Democratic National Committee wants party officers to not butt in for primaries.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butt in
Verb
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The Kremlin has repeatedly denied interfering in foreign elections.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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The cornea is a perfect alternating stack of tiny fibers that is so regular that light goes right through it, and the cells of the lens have lost nearly all their internal structures (organelles), leaving only a soup of almost identical proteins that don’t interfere much with the passage of light.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Some versions were designed to snoop on Telegram messages.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Its security staff had discovered Cobwebs, founded by former members of Israel’s elite cyber intel agencies, was using hundreds of accounts to snoop on Facebook and WhatsApp users, many of them activists, opposition politicians and government officials in Hong Kong and Mexico.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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That meant Hufanga spent a good chunk of the offseason not just learning a new system, but getting poked and prodded by his new coaches and running mate Jones.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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The star compares calling out the sketch, which poked fun at her accent and teeth, to confronting a bully.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Butt in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt%20in. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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