interfere with (something)
1. To disrupt or meddle with something. Quit interfering with my plans—it's my wedding day after all! Leave it to Mom to try to interfere with anything you want to do. You cannot interfere with the proceedings in any way, got it? You're lucky I'm even letting you stay in the room.
2. To tamper or mess with something. Someone must have interfered with the server last night because it's not working right today. Hmm, no one's interfered with the locks, and there's no sign of a break-in anywhere on the premises. Investigators concluded that someone had interfered with the control unit of the machine.
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interfere with someone or something
to meddle with something or someone's affairs. Please do not interfere with us. Are you interfering with my project?
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interfere with
v.1. To serve as a hindrance or obstacle to something: Don't let football practice interfere with your schoolwork.
2. To tamper with something: Someone interfered with the alarm system, and now it's broken.
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