"butt out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-butt out.ogg [Australia] Forms: butts out [present, singular, third-person], butting out [participle, present], butted out [participle, past], butted out [past]
Etymology: Modelled after butt in. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} butt out (third-person singular simple present butts out, present participle butting out, simple past and past participle butted out)
  1. (intransitive, Canada, US, slang, derogatory) To stop interfering; mind one's own business. Tags: Canada, US, derogatory, intransitive, slang Translations (to stop interfering): ne enmiksiĝi (Esperanto), ĉesi enmiksiĝi (Esperanto), נישט מישן זיך (nisht mishn zikh) (Yiddish), אַרויסמישן זיך (aroysmishn zikh) (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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