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butt in

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butt in (on someone or something)
to interrupt someone or something. Pardon me for butting in on your conversation, but this is important. John butted in on Tom and Jane to tell them that the mail had come.
See also: butt

butt in
to interrupt Sorry to butt in on you like this, but there's an important call.
See also: butt


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"Well," Mary decided, "if he does butt in maybe he'll get his.
As it slipped from my hand, I had to butt in the dark with my head--I could hear the Morlock's skull ring--to recover it.
Notify the police, and have them butt in and stop the thing and kill a good story
 
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