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To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject
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People at a party are talking about something that happened and a stranger comes up to them and says, "Forgive me for butting in, but I know what actually happened that night.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
Modified by TriplePurple on December 17, 2023
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