butt out
verb
butted out; butting out; butts out
: to cease interference or involvement
told him to butt out of my affairs
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So Chevron meant that those courts would have to butt out and let Reagan and his appointees determine the direction of government.
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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
Your mom has one mandate here: to apologize, make amends and butt out.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
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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
Your mom has one mandate here: to apologize, make amends and butt out.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
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“Butt out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butt%20out. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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