| VERB | motion | barge in, crash, gate-crash | enter uninvited |
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| communication | barge in, chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, break in | break into a conversation |
| Meaning | Enter uninvited; informal. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | crash, gate-crash | |
| Broader | intrude, irrupt | Enter uninvited |
| Spanish | imponerse, inmiscuirse | |
| Catalan | immiscuir-se, imposar-se | |
| Meaning | break into a conversation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, break in | |
| Narrower | interrupt, disrupt | interfere in someone else's activity |
| Broader | interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off | make a break / break in |
| See also | barge | push one's way |
| Spanish | cortar, entrometerse, incorporarse, interrumpir, meterse, tomar parte, unirse | |
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