butt in
informal— phrasal verb with butt uk/bʌt/us/bʌt/verb [ I or T ]
C2 to interrupt a conversation or discussion or someone who is talking:
He kept on butting in with silly comments.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Interrupting & preventing from speaking
- barge
- buttonhole
- chime
- chip
- chip in
- cut the crap! idiom
- heckle
- horn in
- interject
- interpose
- interrupt
- interruption
- mike check
- put a sock in it! idiom
- shut
- shut your mouth/face idiom
- slap sb down
- speak
- speak when you're spoken to! idiom
- strike
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