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"etymology_text": "Modelled after butt in.",
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"To stop interfering; mind one's own business."
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"(intransitive, Canada, US, slang, derogatory) To stop interfering; mind one's own business."
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"sense": "to stop interfering",
"word": "ne enmiksiĝi"
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"sense": "to stop interfering",
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"To tell someone rudely to leave them alone or not get involved in what they're doing."
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"(idiomatic, imperative) To tell someone rudely to leave them alone or not get involved in what they're doing."
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"To stop interfering; mind one's own business."
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"To tell someone rudely to leave them alone or not get involved in what they're doing."
],
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"(idiomatic, imperative) To tell someone rudely to leave them alone or not get involved in what they're doing."
],
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"imperative"
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}
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "to stop interfering",
"word": "ne enmiksiĝi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "to stop interfering",
"word": "ĉesi enmiksiĝi"
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"code": "yi",
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"lang_code": "yi",
"roman": "nisht mishn zikh",
"sense": "to stop interfering",
"word": "נישט מישן זיך"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"lang_code": "yi",
"roman": "aroysmishn zikh",
"sense": "to stop interfering",
"word": "אַרויסמישן זיך"
}
],
"word": "butt out"
}
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