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
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.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 July 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
Perhaps the dog butted in once and the humans laughed and made a fuss of the dog and the dog thinks, 'Ah-ha!
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Marvel Rivals, however, never fails to be hilarious, and now the game has apparently buffed butts in season 2.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 July 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
Perhaps the dog butted in once and the humans laughed and made a fuss of the dog and the dog thinks, 'Ah-ha!
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Marvel Rivals, however, never fails to be hilarious, and now the game has apparently buffed butts in season 2.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butt in
Verb
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In that match, Becky Lynch interfered to help her husband, Seth Rollins, defeat Lee's husband, CM Punk, to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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An August 20 Federal Police report accused him and his son Eduardo of trying to interfere in the coup trial itself, including by seeking US sanctions against Brazilian officials and coordinating pressure campaigns through close allies.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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The last two seasons have proven that the team starts off slow, which ends up messing their chances of making the playoffs.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Marlins may also potentially mess things for the Phillies quest at avoiding the NL’s third-best record or Detroit’s bid at staying as the team with the top record in the AL.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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In the film, Shy is played by Jay Lycurgo, an alternately sensitive and intimidating young actor in his breakout role, and the bag doesn’t appear until midway through, when the film crew go snooping without permission in the students’ room.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Potential trouble arises when the wily victim of Danny’s, Pauline, starts snooping around the house, hears Danny’s voice and starts to bargain for her silence.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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Notably, @TCUFootball did not poke fun at Belichick’s relationship with his 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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There was a valley of veins moving over his hands, blue rivers poking underneath his hairless arms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Butt in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt%20in. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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