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
Some albums are made for chin-stroking, with deeply complex, intellectually challenging lyrics, song structures, instrumentation and production, creations that deeply stimulate the brain but leave the butt in neutral.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
But the gambit is about getting more butts in seats, bringing people back to the movies and back in the habit of seeing independent film.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
Keeping your baby's name a secret will prevent those awkward conversations about the name’s meaning and cut down on opportunities for friends and family members to butt in with their own—unasked for—name suggestions.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 23 July 2024
If the trailer is any indication, their murderous musical shenanigans are primed to get plenty of Little Monster butts in seats.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 16 July 2024
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
But the gambit is about getting more butts in seats, bringing people back to the movies and back in the habit of seeing independent film.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
Keeping your baby's name a secret will prevent those awkward conversations about the name’s meaning and cut down on opportunities for friends and family members to butt in with their own—unasked for—name suggestions.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 23 July 2024
If the trailer is any indication, their murderous musical shenanigans are primed to get plenty of Little Monster butts in seats.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 16 July 2024
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In 2023, however, Trudeau learned that the Chinese state had been interfering in Canadian elections for some time.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
15 Jan. 2025
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Their agreeing to interfere came right after Trump spoke by phone with Alito, ostensibly about an applicant for an agency general counsel position that had been an Alito clerk.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2025
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Some big studios completely changed their films very close to the finish line, which sometimes can mess things up.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
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The most successful, or at least fascinating, of these movies tends to mess in one way or another with his seemingly carefree relationship to notions of authenticity or identity.—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
29 Dec. 2024
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The open fields doctrine has long aggravated farmers and ranchers, who are unable to keep law enforcement from snooping on their livestock, crops and pasture.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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Install strong antivirus protection on all your new devices The best way to ensure that your devices are protected and that no one is snooping around on your data or browsing history is by purchasing antivirus software.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
26 Dec. 2024
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Some of his fellow officers poked fun at him and his blue vest.—
Alfredo Sosa,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Jan. 2025
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In a signature segment, the Joke Wall, performers in mod regalia poked their heads out of holes in a set, like cuckoos emerging from a clock, and spouted one-liners.—
Susan Morrison,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Butt in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt%20in. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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