cut in

Verb

cut in (third-person singular simple present cuts in, present participle cutting in, simple past and past participle cut in)

1. To intrude or interrupt.
   • “If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said.2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer
   • Taxon concepts […] are being produced at a fast rate and, as long as some minimal aspect of the rules of nomenclature laid down in the relevant code is fulfilled, these concepts can become permanent even when they may be deeply flawed scientifically. It is an ideal situation for someone to cut in –...2023, Wolfgang Denzer, Hinrich Kaiser, “Naming And Gaming: The Illicit Taxonomic Practice Of 'Nomenclatural Harvesting' And How To Avoid It”, in Journal of Zoology, volume 320, number 3, page 162
   1. To take up a portion of.
      • This is cutting in on my free time.
   2. To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back.
      • Cut in line
   3. To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
   4. To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
   5. (dated, idiomatic) To dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner.
2. When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
3. (slang, transitive) To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.
   • You can cut me in on the next hand of this card game.
   1. (slang, transitive) To give (someone) a share of something.
   2. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To take a share of something; to push one's way into a project, game or plan.