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单词 to butt out
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to butt out
to butt out
colloquial (originally U.S.).
1. intransitive. To stop intruding on or interfering in something; to stop butting in; (also) to refrain from intruding on or interfering in something. Frequently in imperative.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease participation
to butt out1906
1906 T. Beyer Amer. Battleship in Commission vi. 209 Don't butt in wher' yer have ter butt out.
1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel 400 He said it was about time for him to but out, and picked up his hat and coat and left.
1967 P. Welles Babyhip (1968) xix. 126 ‘Drop dead’, they said, ‘butt out.’
1976 Ottawa Citizen 10 Dec. 6/3 If you do not read the Bible and are not a believer, then butt out—this is an Anglican family quarrel.
1988 R. Rayner Los Angeles without Map 132 Barbara gave him a cool stare... ‘Butt out, pal.’
2014 ‘R. Galbraith’ Silkworm (2015) xxxi. 348 Of course, his old friend was no longer sharing information, not after the tense warnings to Strike to butt out, to keep away.
2. transitive. To extinguish (a cigarette, etc.) by pressing the lighted end against something. Cf. sense 7 and the etymological note there.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > use as material for smoking [verb (transitive)] > extinguish cigarette
stump1922
butt1924
stub1927
to butt out1950
1950 Carillon News (Steinbach, Manitoba) 29 Sept. 10/1 Why not start with that coffee table on which your friends just love to butt out their cigarettes.
1968 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 29 Oct. 12/2 He..butted out his smoke before it was completely finished but in another minute he would light up another.
2014 R. Bishop Girl in Bath xxi. 154 Jason, made nervous by the stare, butted his cigarette out on the concrete path and ground it with his shoe.
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