shove your oar in

shove your oar in
stick/put/shove/your oar in british informal phrase
to give your opinion about something that other people are discussing without being asked to

We were fine until you stuck your oar in.

Thesaurus: to give your opinionsynonym
Main entry: oar

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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