horn in

verb

Definition of horn innext
as in to cut in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn in
  1. cut in
  2. break in
  3. chip in
  4. put in
  5. interrupt
Verb
  • Should inflation accelerate, the likelihood of interest rate cuts in 2025 would erode, removing some support for the stock market.
    COMPILED BYDEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 1 Jan. 2025
  • In addition, the Fed’s median forecasts called for two 25-basis-point rate cuts in 2025.
    Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of cut in
Verb
  • Mob reaches the House Speaker's lobby San Diego Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt begins crawling through a hole rioters have broken in the glass of a door barricaded with antique furniture.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
  • His injuries included eight ribs broken in 14 places, right knee and ankle broken, left leg tibia broken, left ankle broken, right clavicle broken, right shoulder broken and more.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of break in
Verb
  • South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley and USC sophomore superstar JuJu Watkins were among the latest investors to chip in.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Minnesota could really use a forward who can toggle between center and wing while chipping in with some offense.
    Pierre LeBrun, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of chip in
Verb
  • Not an ox by any means but strong at this level after putting in some work and even after lost training time to the shoulder surgery.
    Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In 2014, for example, the head of a rebel force in the Democratic Republic of Congo was convicted of murder and deliberately attacking civilians; he was put in prison for 12 years.
    Hurst Hannum, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of put in
Verb
  • Indianapolis Metropolitan Police are reminded people that calling 911 for non-emergencies can interrupt potentially lifesaving phone calls, especially on New Year's Eve.
    Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Jan. 2025
  • While scientists have tried using video imagery to map the reactions inside the brains of mice before, the light and sound produced by conventional means can actually interrupt the experiment being conducted or have no discernible effect on the mice at all.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of interrupt
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