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butt out

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butt out
to exit [as abruptly as one has intruded]. (Compare this with butt in (on someone or something). Usually a command.) Butt out! Leave me alone! Please butt out of my life!
See also: butt, out

butt out
to not get involved in something Teens usually think their parents should just butt out of their lives.
Usage notes: often used as an order: This is none of your business, so just butt out!
See also: butt, out


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A DISHONEST Gain was driving in its luxurious carriage through its private park, when it saw something which frantically and repeatedly ran against a stone wall, endeavouring to butt out its brains.
 
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