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Butt Sentence Loop Interfere Literally Push One’s People

Id in_the_loop_093
Idiom BUTT IN
Definition to interfere (sentence 1) or literally to push one’s way in between other people (sentence 2)
Examples
  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.
Extra Info

The expression suggests a ram butting with its horns.

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