butt out
(intransitive, North America, slang, derogatory) To stop interfering; mind one's own business.
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I once deigned to join in with an online conversation with a VERY IMPORTANT JOURNALIST, who then told me to butt out as I hadn't been invited to chat with them. Always see their posts in a similar light to your descri…
#1 The Republicans want to do a 1billion dollars for the stinking ballroom to bail Trump’s butt out because he lied about the money given to him.
I was at the mall the other day and happen to be walking behind a man with saggin pants... whole butt OUT. I thought we had moved on from that??? Or am I/my peers just old now?? The yewth dem still doing that???
Has anyone else noticed he can't even get his fat butt out of his chair for photo ops anymore? so many pics like this-- his sitting-- everyone else standing...
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(intransitive, North America, slang, derogatory) To stop interfering; mind one's own business.
“I once deigned to join in with an online conversation with a VERY IMPORTANT JOURNALIST, who then told me to butt out as I hadn't been invited to chat with them. Always see their posts in a similar light to your description above.”
The government should butt out of people's private lives.
“I once deigned to join in with an online conversation with a VERY IMPORTANT JOURNALIST, who then told me to butt out as I hadn't been invited to chat with them. Always see their posts in a similar light to your description above.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#1 The Republicans want to do a 1billion dollars for the stinking ballroom to bail Trump’s butt out because he lied about the money given to him.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I was at the mall the other day and happen to be walking behind a man with saggin pants... whole butt OUT. I thought we had moved on from that??? Or am I/my peers just old now?? The yewth dem still doing that???”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Has anyone else noticed he can't even get his fat butt out of his chair for photo ops anymore? so many pics like this-- his sitting-- everyone else standing...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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