| VERB | social | meddle, tamper | intrude in other people's affairs or business |
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| Sounds | meh'dahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Don't meddle in my affairs!" | |
| Synonym | tamper | |
| Broader | intervene, step in, interfere, interpose | Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat / threat of force |
| Spanish | entrometerse, injerirse, inmiscuirse | |
| Nouns | meddler | an officious annoying person who interferes with others |
| meddling | the act of altering something secretly or improperly | |
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