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butts out

butts out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of butt out.

Meaning of butt out

Verb

butt out (third-person singular simple present butts out, present participle butting out, simple past and past participle butted out)

  1. (Canada, US, derogatory, intransitive, slang) To stop interfering; mind one's own business.
  2. (idiomatic, imperative) To tell someone rudely to leave them alone or not get involved in what they're doing.
    • The government should butt out of people's private lives.

Questions about butts out

What is butts out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Butts out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of butt out.

Words near butts out in the dictionary

  1. butts in
  2. butts in a sling
  3. butts in seats
  4. butts in slings
  5. butts on seats
  6. butts out
  7. butts up
  8. buttsandwich
  9. buttsecks
  10. Buttses
  11. buttsex

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