Cut in

verb, slang

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    mix in with cutting motions wordnet
  3. 3
    To intrude or interrupt.; To take up a portion of.

    "This is cutting in on my free time."

  4. 4
    interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    break into a conversation wordnet
  2. 7
    To intrude or interrupt.; To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
  3. 8
    drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably wordnet
  4. 9
    To intrude or interrupt.; To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
  5. 10
    allow someone to have a share or profit wordnet
  6. 11
    To intrude or interrupt.; To dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner. dated, idiomatic
  7. 12
    When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
  8. 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."

  9. 14
    To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.; To give (someone) a share of something. slang, transitive
  10. 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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