Meaning of cut in | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To intrude or interrupt.
2. To take up a portion of.
3. To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back.
4. To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
5. To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
6. To dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner.
   dated, idiomatic
7. When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
8. To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.
   slang, transitive
9. To give (someone) a share of something.
   slang, transitive
10. To take a share of something; to push one's way into a project, game or plan.
    intransitive, slang, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

““If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said.”

“Taxon concepts […] are being produced at a fast rate and, as long as some minimal aspect of the rules of nomenclature laid down in the relevant code is fulfilled, these concepts can become permanent even when they may be deeply flawed scientifically. It is an ideal situation for someone to cut in – inappropriately – and produce large quantities of taxon names.”

“This is cutting in on my free time.”

“Cut in line”

“You can cut me in on the next hand of this card game.”

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