butt in

Idioms and Phrases

Interfere, interrupt, intrude. For example, Mom is always butting in on our conversations , or It's against the law for employers to butt in on personal matters . This term alludes to the thrusting of an animal with its horns. [ Slang ; 1890s]

Example Sentences

Reinforcements and another butt-in at it, I233 expect, surmised Kentucky.

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Sure, it never wa'n't none of my butt-in, but I used to tell old man Fairfax that Ranlett was narrer between the horns.

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Sure enough it's none of my butt-in what sort of thing you do.

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Unless you'll say outright that I'll be a butt-in, I'm going with you.

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