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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
Recent Examples on the Web
But a super configurable sleep tracking clock that uses Mario noises and retro animations to get your butt out of bed?
—David Pierce, The Verge, 13 Oct. 2024
So Chevron meant that those courts would have to butt out and let Reagan and his appointees determine the direction of government.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 28 June 2024
Ask Amy: Non-smokers want smokers to butt out French farmers aim to put Paris ‘under siege’ in tractor protest.
—Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
If there is a willing employer and a willing migrant worker, the government should butt out.
—Tj Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1906, in the meaning defined above
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“Butt out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butt%20out. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
butt out
verb
: to stop meddling in someone else's business
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