butt in

See also: buttin'

English

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Verb

butt in (third-person singular simple present butts in, present participle butting in, simple past and past participle butted in)

(idiomatic, informal) To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).
Hey, this is none of your business; don’t butt in!

Forgive me for butting in.
(transitive) To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle.

Antonyms

butt out

Derived terms

buttinsky

Translations

join conversation when not welcome

Bulgarian: намесвам се (namesvam se)
Dutch: onderbreken (nl), zich (nl) moeien (nl), zich (nl) inmengen (nl)
French: ramener sa fraise (fr) (familiar), s’incruster (fr) (familiar)
Galician: entrometer
German: unterbrechen (de), sich einmischen
Italian: intromettersi (it)

Maori: kohiko
Portuguese: intrometer-se
Spanish: meter baza
Swedish: lägga sig i (sv)
Thai: ยุ่ง (th) (yûng)

Anagrams

unbitt

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