intrude (verb)
31bring down — verb 1. move something or somebody to a lower position (Freq. 3) take down the vase from the shelf • Syn: ↑lower, ↑take down, ↑let down, ↑get down • Ant: ↑raise ( …
32gate-crash — verb enter uninvited; informal let s crash the party! • Syn: ↑barge in, ↑crash • Derivationally related forms: ↑crasher (for: ↑crash) • …
33butt in — verb break into a conversation her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation • Syn: ↑chime in, ↑cut in, ↑put in, ↑chisel in, ↑barge in, ↑break in • Hypernyms: ↑ …
34break in — verb Date: circa 1535 intransitive verb 1. to enter something (as a building or computer system) without consent or by force 2. a. intrude < break in upon his privacy > b. to …
35interpose — verb ( posed; posing) Etymology: Middle French interposer, from Latin interponere (perfect indicative interposui), from inter + ponere to put more at position Date: 1582 transitive verb 1. a. to place in an intervening position b. to put… …
36obtrude — verb (obtruded; obtruding) Etymology: Latin obtrudere to thrust at, from ob in the way + trudere to thrust more at ob , threat Date: circa 1609 transitive verb 1. to thrust out ; extrude 2. to force or impose (as oneself or one s ideas) without… …
37move in on — verb 1. make intrusive advances towards (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑intrude, ↑irrupt • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody 2. seize control of …
38foray into — verb enter someone else s territory and take spoils The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly • Syn: ↑raid • Derivationally related forms: ↑raider (for: ↑raid) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
39muscle in — verb to interfere, or intrude forcibly See Also: muscle in on …
40let bygones be bygones — verb To ignore or disregard a past offense (when dealing with another individual). To intrude as little of his personality as possible upon a gay event with which that personality could show nothing in keeping, he decided not to make his… …
