butt out
verb
butted out; butting out; butts out
: to cease interference or involvement
told him to butt out of my affairs
Examples of butt out in a Sentence
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If there is a willing employer and a willing migrant worker, the government should butt out.
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Tj Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
Your mom has one mandate here: to apologize, make amends and butt out.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
Tell Google to butt out.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2021
China is sending a blunt message to the U.S.: butt out of our domestic affairs or the Phase One trade deal will be in jeopardy.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 29 June 2020
Novak told him to butt out, or he’d be arrested for interfering, Rode said, in an account the department hasn’t refuted.
—Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2022
Dear Miss Manners: Is there a nice way to ask people to butt out of a conversation?
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
Tj Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
Your mom has one mandate here: to apologize, make amends and butt out.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
Tell Google to butt out.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2021
China is sending a blunt message to the U.S.: butt out of our domestic affairs or the Phase One trade deal will be in jeopardy.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 29 June 2020
Novak told him to butt out, or he’d be arrested for interfering, Rode said, in an account the department hasn’t refuted.
—Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2022
Dear Miss Manners: Is there a nice way to ask people to butt out of a conversation?
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
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“Butt out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butt%20out. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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