cut in (with something)

cut in (with something)
cut in (with something)
to interrupt [someone] with a comment; to speak abruptly, interrupting what someone else is saying. •

Jimmy cut in with a particularly witty remark.

Must you always cut in while others are talking?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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