butt in

Example Sentences

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"I'm going to butt in," Kagan said, cutting off Gore.

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2023

Katie Hafner: So did he- do we have any idea whether it was his idea that she join him in the work or did she just want to .. butt in?

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

Initially, my pushup form was terrible—my elbows turned out, my butt in the air—and I could barely do a consecutive 10 rep.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2023

I liked poetry — poetry saved my butt in high school.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023

Playing in the street was discouraged and often forbidden and if you did manage to slip out, “Get your butt in this house before dark,” she would warn, a rule she enforced to the bone.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride