barging (in)

verb

present participle of barge (in)
1
as in horning in

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2
as in bursting (in or into)

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3
as in running (over)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barging (in)
  1. cutting in
  2. running in
  3. breaking in
  4. coming over
  5. putting in
  6. dropping in
  7. chipping in
  8. stepping in
Verb
  • Add shortening and continue cutting in until flour is pale yellow and resembles coarse cornmeal with butter bits no larger than small peas.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • For Bayern Munich, Olise is the new Arjen Robben, cutting in off the right wing to get shots away.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of cutting in
Verb
  • That pitch has already landed early customers like workspace platform Notion and AI customer‑service startup Decagon, where Aiden is running in production.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Vantrack plans to reveal the production Lightcamp van in September and will show it at the Netherlands' big Camper Trade Fair in Utrecht, running in late September/early October.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
Definition of running in
Verb
  • Just recently, a client came to us because their onboarding and user data pipeline kept breaking in ways their users could feel.
    — Dan Haiem, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Not a week goes by without news of a high-profile auction breaking in Publishers Weekly.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of breaking in
Verb
  • The German fell to the ground and clutched his right knee in pain, with Sinner coming over to check on his opponent before helping Zverev up off the grass.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 July 2026
  • Popular drag performer Trixie Mattel has signed with CAA for representation, except in audio work, after coming over from UTA.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Definition of coming over
Verb
  • Kwame Crockett is among a sizable share of flexible workers who are putting in full-time hours at the plant.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 8 July 2026
  • Brooklyn cruised to a 3-0 lead without needing Rachel, putting in the bench players to lose the meaningless final and will look to regroup tomorrow.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of putting in
Verb
  • While the world’s oceans have generally been heating up, one patch of the Atlantic located south of Greenland has been dropping in temperature.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
  • And then, her par putt on 18 – measured at 2 feet, 10 inches – spun tantalizingly around the rim of the cup before dropping in and ending the suspense.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
Definition of dropping in
Verb
  • Actor and producer Tyler Perry is chipping in for the 18-year-old’s funeral, and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is helping fund an independent autopsy commissioned by Wells’s family.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
  • Scheffler, who fell nine shots behind with a pair of bogeys at the start, shot 32 on the back nine by chipping in from 65 feet on the 14th for the start of three straight birdies.
    — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Definition of chipping in
Verb
  • In my experience, most account management teams operate reactively, stepping in only when a customer submits a support ticket or threatens to churn.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • South Korea, too, is stepping in to fill the gap in Western inventories.
    — Chris Oberoi, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Definition of stepping in
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