horning in
Joining without invitation
Horning in means intruding or forcing your way into a situation where you weren't invited.
Someone horns in on a conversation by joining without being welcomed, or horns in on a deal by inserting themselves uninvited: She was trying to horn in on our project.
The image is of an animal pushing forward with its horns.
- butting inInterrupting without permission
- intrudingEntering without welcome
- meddlingIntrusive interference in others' concerns
- interferingIntruding in others' affairs
- barging inEntering without permission
none of your business · crashing · elbowing · pushing · nosy · uninvited · interrupting · trespassing · encroaching · invading · wedging · shoving · crowding · overstepping · prying · snooping · gatecrasher · unwelcome
- interferenceinterfering, meddling, intruding, butting in, obstructing
- interruptionsinterruption, cutting off, disruption, butting in, interjecting
- intrusionsintrusion, intrude, intruder, intruding, barging in
- presumptuousnesspresumptuousness, impertinence, audacity, forwardness, boldness
horning inbacking off
Ceasing to pursue
withdrawing · keeping out · staying away · bowing out · stepping back
horning inwithdrawing
Removing or pulling away
bowing out · stepping aside · pulling back · retreating · receding