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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