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Cut in
verb, slang
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Verb
- 1 To intrude or interrupt.
"“If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said."
- 2 mix in with cutting motions wordnet
- 3 To intrude or interrupt.; To take up a portion of.
"This is cutting in on my free time."
- 4 interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner wordnet
- 5 To intrude or interrupt.; To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back.
"Cut in line"
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- 6 break into a conversation wordnet
- 7 To intrude or interrupt.; To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
- 8 drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably wordnet
- 9 To intrude or interrupt.; To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
- 10 allow someone to have a share or profit wordnet
- 11 To intrude or interrupt.; To dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner. dated, idiomatic
- 12 When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
- 13 To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something. slang, transitive
"You can cut me in on the next hand of this card game."
- 14 To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.; To give (someone) a share of something. slang, transitive
- 15 To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.; To take a share of something; to push one's way into a project, game or plan. intransitive, slang, transitive
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