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Verb
S:
(v)
cut in
(allow someone to have a share or profit)
S:
(v)
cut in
(drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably)
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S:
(v)
pull
(move into a certain direction)
"the car pulls to the right"
sentence frame
S:
(v)
chime in
,
cut in
,
put in
,
butt in
,
chisel in
,
barge in
,
break in
(break into a conversation)
"her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
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S:
(v)
interrupt
,
disrupt
,
break up
,
cut off
(make a break in)
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"
S:
(v)
cut
,
cut off
(cease, stop)
"cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
S:
(v)
punctuate
(interrupt periodically)
"Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"
S:
(v)
break
(interrupt the flow of current in)
"break a circuit"
S:
(v)
put away
,
put aside
(turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily)
"it's time for you to put away childish things"
S:
(v)
pause
,
intermit
,
break
(cease an action temporarily)
"We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
S:
(v)
chime in
,
cut in
,
put in
,
butt in
,
chisel in
,
barge in
,
break in
(break into a conversation)
"her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
S:
(v)
burst in on
,
burst upon
(spring suddenly)
"He burst upon our conversation"
S:
(v)
heckle
(challenge aggressively)
S:
(v)
interject
,
come in
,
interpose
,
put in
,
throw in
,
inject
(to insert between other elements)
"She interjected clever remarks"
S:
(v)
jam
,
block
(interfere with or prevent the reception of signals)
"Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
S:
(v)
stop
,
stop over
(interrupt a trip)
"we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"
S:
(v)
take off
,
take time off
(take time off from work; stop working temporarily)
sentence frame
Somebody ----s
S:
(v)
cut in
(interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner)
"Jim always cuts in!"
S:
(v)
cut in
(mix in with cutting motions)
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sentence frame
Somebody ----s something