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muscle in on

muscle in on verb: to interfere with, or intrude on something forcibly.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To interfere with, or intrude on something forcibly.
    • The Russian Mafia did not take too kindly to a Westerner muscling in on their market, and so decided to send a little message.2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 29
    Synonyms:
    crowd in on

Synonyms of muscle in on

Forms of muscle in on

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

Questions about muscle in on

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

Words near muscle in on in the dictionary

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

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