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Muscling in
| Main Entry: |
barge in/barge into
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charge |
| Synonyms: | break in, burst in, collide, infringe, interrupt, intrude, muscle in, push, shove, stumble |
| Antonyms: | wait |
| Main Entry: | encroach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invade another's property, business |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, arrogate, barge in, butt in, crash, elbow in, entrench, horn in, impinge, infringe, interfere, interpose, intervene, intrude, make inroads, meddle, muscle in, overstep, put two cents in, squeeze in, stick nose into, trench, trespass, usurp, work in, worm in |
| Antonyms: | keep off |
| Main Entry: | insinuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force one's way into |
| Synonyms: | curry favor, edge in, fill in, foist, get in with, horn in, infiltrate, infuse, ingratiate, inject, insert, instill, intercalate, interject, interpose, introduce, muscle in, slip in, wedge in, work in, worm in |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | intervene |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mediate |
| Synonyms: | arbitrate, barge in, butt in, come between, divide, horn in, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, interrupt, intrude, involve, meddle, mix in, muscle in, negotiate, obtrude, part, put in two cents, reconcile, separate, settle, sever, step in, take a hand |
| Antonyms: | ignore, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | invade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack and encroach |
| Synonyms: | access, assail, assault, breach, burglarize, burst in, crash, descend upon, entrench, fall on, foray, go in, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, make inroads, maraud, meddle, muscle in, occupy, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, swarm over, trespass, violate |
| Antonyms: | leave alone, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | trespass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infringe, offend |
| Synonyms: | butt in, chisel in, crash, crash the gates, deviate, displease, do wrong by, encroach, entrench, err, horn in, interlope, intrude, invade, kibitz, lapse, meddle, misbehave, mix in, muscle in, nose in, obtrude, overstep, penetrate, poach, poke, sin, stick nose in, transgress, violate, wrong |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | usurp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take over |
| Synonyms: | accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, barge in, butt in, clap hands on, commandeer, cut out, displace, elbow in, get hands on, grab, grab hold of, highjack, infringe upon, lay hold of, muscle in, preempt, seize, squeeze in, supplant, swipe, take, work in, worm in, wrest |
| Antonyms: | give in, relinquish, surrender |
| Main Entry: | barge in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charge |
| Synonyms: | break in, burst in, collide, infringe, interrupt, intrude, muscle in, push, shove, stumble |
| Main Entry: | horn in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get involved |
| Synonyms: | butt in, interrupt, intrude, meddle with, muscle in |
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