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muscle in

muscle in verb: to interfere, or intrude forcibly.

Verb

muscle in (third-person singular simple present muscles in, present participle muscling in, simple past and past participle muscled in)

  1. (intransitive) To interfere, or intrude forcibly.
    • The Government's £500 million Restoring Your Railway initiative - awarding small grants to put back lines that should never have been closed - has turned into a muddle because backers of multi-million pound projects have also muscled in.2021 May 5, Howard Johnston, “Restoring your railway... or just window dressing?”, in RAIL, number 930, page 32

Forms of muscle in

third-person singular presentmuscles in
present participlemuscling in
past participlemuscled in
pastmuscled in

Questions about muscle in

What does muscle in mean?
Muscle in means to interfere, or intrude forcibly.
What part of speech is muscle in?
Muscle in is a verb.
What is the past tense of muscle in?
The past tense of muscle in is muscled in.

Words near muscle in in the dictionary

  1. muscle girls
  2. muscle god
  3. muscle gods
  4. muscle head
  5. muscle heads
  6. muscle in
  7. muscle in on
  8. muscle man
  9. muscle Mary
  10. muscle Marys
  11. muscle memories

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