Welcome to Phrases.com!
Phrases.com is a vast compilation of popular phrases, informal expressions, and idioms that have been collectively assembled by our community of contributing editors.
Enhance your English language and writing proficiency by browsing through our all-encompassing phrase dictionary in alphabetical order, or by effortlessly searching through keywords.
To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject
- 0 Views
“
People at a party are talking about something that happened and a stranger comes up to them and says, "Forgive me for butting in, but I know what actually happened that night.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
Modified by TriplePurple on December 17, 2023
More phrases:
- come to
- draw out
- finish off
- go off
- make out
- mop up
- play down
- put down for
- rub out
- take off
- tee off
- think over
- ward off
- as all get-out
- ass over teakettle
- bad joke
- by and large
- cake crumbs
- cat and mouse game
- child's play
- cut of one's jib
- dead as a doorknob
- deafening silence
- dig deep
- fear
- first port of call
- for the hell of it
- get somebody's goat
- go out on a limb
- go without saying
- green light
- hang a ralph
- hit someone for six
- if needs be
- if only
- in its infancy
- jump the gun
- keep a lid on
- keep quiet
- kick ass
- lemon law
- lion
- lion
- make fun of
- odds and ends
- of late
- off-color
- old stick
- on the horn
- on the nose
- on top of the world
- out of order
- out of the question
- own up
- pachyderm
- pardon my french
- pass on
- piffy on a rock bun
- pound the pavement
- price on one's head
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/>.
Discuss everything about the Phrases.com website with our community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In