butting out
Ceasing to meddle
Butting out means withdrawing from involvement or ceasing to interfere in someone else's affairs.
It's the action form of butt out, typically a command telling someone to mind their own business: After years of meddling, she's finally butting out of her adult children's lives.
In Canadian slang, butting out a cigarette means extinguishing it.
- stepping backMoving away backward
- de-escalationReducing conflict intensity
- disengagingReleasing from attachment
- non-interferenceAbstaining from meddling
- withdrawingRemoving or pulling away
privacy · none of my business · self-awareness · refraining · self-respect · letting go · autonomy · detaching · compromise · hands off · hands off approach · mindfulness · avoidance · consent · yielding · retreating · giving space · stepping aside
butting outbutting in
Interrupting without permission
meddling · interfering · intruding · prying · nosing around
butting outfixating
Focusing to excess
obsessing · hovering · breathing down someone's neck · watching like a hawk · smothering
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