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Obtrude upon   /əbtrˈud əpˈɑn/   Listen
Obtrude upon

verb
1.
To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate.  Synonyms: encroach upon, intrude on, invade.  "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"





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"Obtrude upon" Quotes from Famous Books



... time the warden's wife glanced from her sewing toward the motionless figure, reluctant to obtrude upon her revery, yet equally loath to leave her a prey to melancholy musing. After a while, she saw the black lashes quiver, and fall upon the waxen cheeks, then, as she watched, great tears glittered, rolled slowly, dripped softly, but there was no ...
— At the Mercy of Tiberius • August Evans Wilson


Words linked to "Obtrude upon" :   enter, get into, get in, go in, go into, intrude on, raid, foray into, come in, move into


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