butt out

But admit it: at the first whistle, we all paid attention, to a part of the world that would usually prefer us all to butt out.

So much for all those conservatives who want the federal government to butt out and let local jurisdictions rule.

But two brave state residents have told the city of Sandy Springs to butt out of their bedroom purchases.

The Russian response has been just as predictable: “Butt out.”

“Butt out,” Harlem Rep. Charlie Rangel advised the Obama White House.

Now, stubborn facts are like stone walls, against which theories often butt out their beauty and their power.

Hosford finished his cigar, and when he tossed the butt out through the opened window, Brouillard hoped he was going.

She shook her head and he put the butt out delicately, to save it.

Then, suddenly, he flung down his cigarette and ground the butt out quickly.

If we so elect we may butt out our brains against it, and be none the better off.