His lawyers argued that the publicity will impinge on the defendant's right to a fair trial.
Her work is impinging on [=encroaching on, hindering] her social life.
The government wants to avoid impinging upon the affairs of private citizens.
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impinge upon — phrasal verb impinge on or impinge upon [transitive] Word forms impinge on : present tense I/you/we/they impinge on he/she/it impinges on present participle impingeing on past tense impinged on past participle impinged on formal impinge on/upon… … English dictionary
impinge on — phrasal verb impinge on or impinge upon [transitive] Word forms impinge on : present tense I/you/we/they impinge on he/she/it impinges on present participle impingeing on past tense impinged on past participle impinged on formal impinge on/upon… … English dictionary
impinge — v. (formal) (d; intr.) to impinge on, upon (to impinge on smb. s rights) * * * [ɪm pɪndʒ] upon (to impinge on smb. s rights) (formal) (d; intr.) to impinge on … Combinatory dictionary
impinge — im|pinge [ımˈpındʒ] v impinge on/upon / [impinge on/upon sb/sth] phr v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: impingere, from pangere to fasten, drive in ] to have a harmful effect on someone or something ▪ Personal problems experienced by students… … Dictionary of contemporary English
impinge — im|pinge [ ım pındʒ ] verb im pinge on or im pinge u,pon phrasal verb transitive FORMAL impinge on/upon something to have an effect on something, especially in a negative way: The new law will not impinge on the way companies conduct their… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
impinge — verb impinge on/upon phrasal verb (T) formal to have an effect on someone or something; influence: The change of government scarcely impinged on ordinary people s lives. | We were discussing the way welfare policies impinge on women. impingement… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
impinge — [im pinj′] vi. impinged, impinging [L impingere < in , in + pangere, to strike: see FANG] 1. a) to strike, hit, or dash (on, upon, or against something) b) to touch (on or upon); have an effect [an idea that impinges on one s mind] … English World dictionary
Impinge — Im*pinge , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impinged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impinging}.] [L. impingere; pref. im in + pangere to fix, strike; prob. akin to pacisci to agree, contract. See {Pact}, and cf. {Impact}.] To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
impinge — I verb advance upon, aggress, attack, bang, barge in, break bounds, break in on, bump, butt against, collide, come into collision, contact, dash against, encroach, entrench on, fall against, foray, force oneself in, hit, impingi, impose, incidere … Law dictionary
impinge — (v.) 1530s, fasten or fix forcibly, from L. impingere drive into, strike against, from assimilated form of in into, in, on, upon (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + pangere to fix, fasten (see PACT (Cf. pact)). Sense of encroach, infringe first recorded… … Etymology dictionary
