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"text": "I don't want her coming and sticking her oar in – she doesn't know anything about our financials.",
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"text": "August 2005 , Daily Mail\nHe feels he must be [there] today. Not to stick his oar in, you understand, but to offer moral support.",
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"word": "interfere"
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{
"word": "poke one's nose in"
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{
"word": "put in an oar"
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{
"word": "put in one's oar"
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{
"word": "put one's oar in"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "työntää nenänsä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "sotkeutua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mettre son grain de sel"
},
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"code": "it",
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"word": "mettere lo zampino"
}
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"word": "interfere"
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{
"word": "meddle"
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"word": "poke one's nose in"
},
{
"word": "put in an oar"
},
{
"word": "put in one's oar"
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"word": "put one's oar in"
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],
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "työntää nenänsä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "sotkeutua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mettre son grain de sel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mettere lo zampino"
}
],
"word": "stick one's oar in"
}
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