as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
stop butting in on my personal life
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Recent Examples of butt in
Why not check out a movie that’s still in theaters, a Premium Video On Demand (PVOD) release of a major Oscar nominee, or a blockbuster that’s still putting butts in seats?
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
If that type of contest equates to clicks, streams, and butts in seats, Hollywood will shift its content without hesitation.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
Which leads us to Better Man’s bitterest irony: All anecdotal evidence suggests the movie flopped precisely because the Williams-as-mo-cap-chimp conceit was just too highbrow to put butts in seats.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
That gift, which wasn’t even a part of Sanders’ contract, was justified for drawing TV eyeballs, putting butts in seats, pulling in media coverage and selling merch.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
If that type of contest equates to clicks, streams, and butts in seats, Hollywood will shift its content without hesitation.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
Which leads us to Better Man’s bitterest irony: All anecdotal evidence suggests the movie flopped precisely because the Williams-as-mo-cap-chimp conceit was just too highbrow to put butts in seats.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
That gift, which wasn’t even a part of Sanders’ contract, was justified for drawing TV eyeballs, putting butts in seats, pulling in media coverage and selling merch.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butt in
Verb
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Cabinet members reportedly watched the fiery exchange without interfering.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
10 Mar. 2025
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Chuck Todd: Jeff Bezos is blaming the victim Whatever Bezos’s personal reasons are, equally important is the fact that he is emboldened to interfere so brazenly.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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Leaving her alone all morning, and just when something decent is happening, messing it up.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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European leaders have messed it up in the last three years.—
Peter Aitken,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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Further stirring the pot is the appearance of an FBI agent (Jenna Elfman) who starts snooping around into missives about Vines’ death.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Starlink should not be able to snoop on the details of White House staffers’ usage, thanks to nearly-universal encryption of web site and app traffic.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
18 Mar. 2025
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The eye poke left Muhammad unable to continue, and the fight was ruled a no contest.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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This occurs as bright points of light appear when sunlight pokes through valleys and mountain ridges on the moon, just before or after the period of totality.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Butt in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt%20in. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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