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butt against
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | butt against - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"butt, butt on, abut, adjoin, edge, border, marchadjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"neighbor, neighbour - be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India" | | 2. | butt against - collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"bump into, jar against, knock against, run intocollide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
butt against
butt (up) against (someone or something)1. To be positioned physically next to someone or something. The table is just a little too long—it butts up against the wall over here. Our neighbor's new addition butts against our bushes, unfortunately.2. To crash into someone or something. My daughter got hurt when another girl on the soccer field butted against her. My car is in the shop because I butted up against a barricade on the highway.See also: buttbutt (up) against someone or somethingto press against someone or something firmly. This board is supposed to butt up against the one over there. The goat butted against Fred, but didn't hurt him.See also: buttbutt against
Synonyms for butt againstverb lie adjacent to another or share a boundarySynonyms- butt
- butt on
- abut
- adjoin
- edge
- border
- march
Related Words- adjoin
- contact
- touch
- meet
- neighbor
- neighbour
verb collide violently with an obstacleSynonyms- bump into
- jar against
- knock against
- run into
Related Words- collide with
- impinge on
- hit
- run into
- strike
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