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butt in

/bʌt ɪn/

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verb

/bʌt ɪn/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения вмешательства в разговор или ситуацию без приглашения.

A phrasal verb used to indicate interrupting a conversation or interfering in a situation without being invited.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, no object

  1. informal

    To interrupt a conversation or discussion without being invited.

    ruВмешиваться в разговор

    • He always butts in when I'm talking to someone.
    • Sorry to butt in, but I have some important news.
    • She butted in on their private conversation.

    Synonymsbarge inbreak inchime incut ininterjectinterruptintrude

    Antonymslisten

  2. Interfere in a situationinformal

    To become involved in a situation where you are not wanted or needed.

    ruВмешиваться

    • I wish you wouldn't butt in on our family matters.
    • He's always butting in where he's not needed.
    • She butted in and tried to give advice.

    Synonymsbarge incut ininterfereinterposeinterruptintrudemeddlepry

Forms
  • butted in past participle
  • butted in past simple
  • butting in present participle
  • butts in third person singular

Base verbbutt

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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