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Examples of butt in in a Sentence
stop butting in on my personal life
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Big-market teams like Montreal and New York should come as no surprise, but Seattle has done well to get butts in seats since the team debuted in 2021-22.
—James Mirtle, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
To save her parents' small-town bar and arts venue, a Broadway dancer (Britt Robertson) stages an all-male holiday dance revue to get butts in seats and enlists a buff contractor (Chad Michael Murray) and his pals to show off their moves.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
The Bad Moms actress is officially the first woman to show her naked butt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Bathrooms, featuring 1,100 toilets and urinals, are strategically placed throughout the concourse, with no more than 100 feet separating them, according to estimates from staff, guaranteeing fewer butts on toilets and more butts in seats.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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“Butt in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butt%20in. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
butt in
verb
: to meddle in someone else's business
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