horned in

verb

Definition of horned innext
past tense of horn in
as in cut in

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  1. cut in
  2. put in
  3. interrupted
Verb
  • Fed officials on Thursday are widely expected to lower their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point, a move that will come on the heels of a half-point cut in September.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Currently, Goldman Sachs economics research is penciling in another four consecutive interest rate cuts in the first half of 2025 but also acknowledged in its Monday update that more uncertainty exists regarding the Fed's path next year.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of cut in
Verb
  • Another issue that plagued Concorde was restrictions on overland supersonic flights, which were put in place to avoid noise pollution.
    The Week UK, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • There are some simple systems that marketing agency owners should put in place to ensure a basic understanding of their company’s financial health.
    Vlad Rusz, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of put in
Verb
  • Michael Keaton hosted Saturday's episode and in his monologue was interrupted by Mikey Day and Andy Samberg doing their impressions of Beetlejuice.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
  • More than six thousand people attended the conference, in Indianapolis, and Harris was reportedly interrupted by applause thirty-two times in less than twenty minutes.
    Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of interrupted
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