barge in

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

barge in (third-person singular simple present barges in, present participle barging in, simple past and past participle barged in)

1. To intrude; to enter or interrupt suddenly and without invitation.

   What makes you think you can just barge in and make demands of the CEO?

   Don't barge in on us like that again; we are presently having a meeting.

   • 2017 November 17, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, “Gene Simmons banned for life from Fox News over his behaviour”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     According to a Fox News source speaking to the Daily Beast, Simmons barged in on a staff meeting, unbuttoned his shirt and exposed his torso, shouting: “Hey chicks, sue me!”

Translations

to intrude

• Dutch: binnenvallen (nl), binnenbanjeren
• French: faire irruption (fr), s’imposer (fr), débouler (fr) (colloquial)
• German: dazwischenplatzen, hereinplatzen
• Korean: 불쑥 들어오다 (bulssuk deureooda)
• Russian: вторга́ться (ru) impf (vtorgátʹsja), вто́ргнуться (ru) impf (vtórgnutʹsja), вме́шиваться (ru) impf (vméšivatʹsja), вмеша́ться (ru) pf (vmešátʹsja), встрева́ть в разгово́р impf (vstrevátʹ v razgovór), встрять в разгово́р pf (vstrjatʹ v razgovór)
• Spanish: irrumpir (es)

Anagrams

• bearing, Irengba, baregin, bangier, Binegar