Meaning of butt in | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).
   idiomatic, informal
2. To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Hey, this is none of your business; don’t butt in!”

“Forgive me for butting in.”

“That spurt of rage took Bradly in the midriff before he could control it. He was standing over Podson with such eminent threat in his bristling beard that Podson said sulkily, "Oh, all right, I don't want to butt in, if you feel like that about it."”

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