Welcome to Phrases.com!
Phrases.com is a vast compilation of popular phrases, informal expressions, and idioms that have been collectively assembled by our community of contributing editors.
Enhance your English language and writing proficiency by browsing through our all-encompassing phrase dictionary in alphabetical order, or by effortlessly searching through keywords.
To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject
- 0 Views
“
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
More phrases:
- close in on
- creep up
- dawn on
- fall into
- knock up
- lay down
- lay off
- pipe down
- put back
- run through
- scrape off
- spread out
- take off
- black babies
- by and large
- carry on
- catch-as-catch-can
- chain reaction
- class clown
- dead on
- diamond in the rough
- eye candy
- face to face
- fair and square
- for goodness' sake
- for the time being
- frog in one's throat
- get a handle on
- get it on
- get one's claws into
- gold mine
- green light
- hand in hand
- in the nick of time
- keep an eye out
- keep somebody posted
- keep your hair on
- kindred spirit
- king
- lemon law
- light up
- lip service
- make headway
- middle ground
- mind one's own business
- off the bat
- old stick
- on one's toes
- on the horn
- on the nose
- one at a time
- party pooper
- pass on
- raise a stink
- rock the boat
- round of applause
- scare the pants off of
- see red
- slip through the cracks
- small fry
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/>.
Discuss everything about the Phrases.com website with our community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In