cut in
— phrasal verb with cut uk/kʌt/us/kʌt/verb present participle cutting, past tense and past participle cut
(TALK)
to interrupt what someone is saying by saying something yourself:
I was just talking to Jan, when Dave cut in (on us/our conversation).
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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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(DRIVE)
to make a sudden sideways movement in order to position your car in front of another car, not leaving a safe distance between the two vehicles:
Did you see that white car cut in (on us/in front of us)?
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- mph
- pull away
- running costs
- scorch
- turning circle
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(START)
If a machine cuts in, it starts, usually automatically:
If the computer starts to overheat, the fan cuts in.
(DANCE)
old-fashioned to interrupt two people who are dancing in order to dance with one of them:
She was dancing with Jack, when Tom suddenly cut in.
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Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- shoe
- sit
- substitution
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
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