intrude into

intrude into (something)

To involve oneself in something in a way that is meddlesome or unwelcome. A reflexive pronoun can be used between "intrude" and "into." I make it a point never to intrude myself into other people's personal affairs. Leave it to Mom to try to intrude into your relationship.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

intrude into something

to get involved in something that is someone else's business. I don't want to intrude into your affairs, but I see that you're short of money. Please don't intrude into this matter.
See also: intrude
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • orient
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
  • buy (yourself) time
  • buy time
  • identify with
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
References in periodicals archive
Expressing "deep regret" over the latest incident, Russia said that a technical problem probably caused the plane to intrude into areas it had not planned to go to, according to the report.
'As we've said, the President does not intrude into any conflict between two individuals or groups.
KARACHI -- Pakistan Navy detected an Indian submarine and successfully foiled its attempts to intrude into Pakistani waters, a statement by a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Asked if Palace authorities won't allow the construction of the bridge to intrude into the buffer zone, Presidential Spokesman and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador S.
I appreciate what you say however and for those branches that intrude into a public green (Municipality's ownership) perhaps you could raise it with them.
Taliban militants from Afghanistan routinely intrude into Pakistani territory near the border in the northwest and attack military check posts and their opponents, souring diplomatic ties between Islamabad and Kabul.
The ministry said that the Y-12 propeller plane, operated by China's State Oceanic Administration, however, did not intrude into Japanese airspace above the islands, whose sovereignty is disputed by Beijing, the ministry said.
More than 70 Al Qaeda militants attempt to intrude into Tajikistan from Afghanistan, reported CA-News citing Tajik language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
According to police sources some unidentified persons intrude into a house located in Mangho Pir and opened indiscriminate firing with Kalashnikov at sleeping persons killing two persons.
The residents of border area have expressed fear over the entry of terrorists into Punjab saying there are so many ways from where terrorists can intrude into Province.
For a team to intrude into a room where a widow is still holding the hand of a dead husband or a parent clutching a dead child would be ghastly - even worse to intrude beforehand, once a patient was deemed brain-dead, unless that widow, that parent had agreed, ahead of the eventuality of death.
This bill would have the Virginia legislature intrude into the internal governing affairs of the church itself, which is prohibited by both the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment to the U.
The postcard-size oils on wood blocks that make up Patrick Faulhaber's "Texas Paintings" seem to know their limits as images, but they still intrude into space, demanding attention.
Kempling has never allowed his views on homosexual activity to intrude into his work as a teacher.
After initially denying that the program would deeply intrude into citizens' lives, the Defense Department acknowledged that many of the above-mentioned areas of surveillance and data collection are under study.