butt out

butt out
intransitive verb
Etymology: butt (in) + out (I)
: to cease interference or involvement

told him to butt out of my personal affairs

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butt out (N American and Aust)
To refrain from interfering
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Main Entry: ↑butt

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ˌbutt ˈout [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they butt out he/she/it butts out present participle butting out past tense butted out past participle butted out] mainly american spoken phrasal verb
used for telling someone rudely to go away or not get involved in something
Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to go awaysynonym
Main entry: butt

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informal stop interfering

anyone who tries to cut across our policies should butt out

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butt out [phrasal verb]
chiefly US informal : to stop being involved in something (such as a conversation or someone else's affairs)

This has nothing to do with you! I wish you would just butt out!

They told me to butt out of the conversation.

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Main Entry: ↑butt

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ˌbutt ˈout derived
(informal, especially NAmE) used to tell sb rudely to go away or to stop ↑interfering in sth that does not concern them

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Butt out, Neil! This is none of your business.

Main entry: ↑buttderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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