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BUTT IN

to interfere (1) or literally to push one’s way in between other people (2)
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1. This argument is between your sister and me, and it doesn’t concern you Don’t butt in.
2. We’ve been waiting patiently in this long line, and that woman just butted in ahead of us. She should have gone to the end of the line to wait like the rest of us.

The expression suggests a ram butting with its horns.


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