interfere

interfere in (something)

To disrupt or meddle in something. Quit interfering in my plans—it's my wedding day, after all! Leave it to Mom to try to interfere in anything you want to do.
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interfere with (something)

1. To disrupt or meddle with something. Quit interfering with my plans—it's my wedding day after all! Leave it to Mom to try to interfere with anything you want to do.
2. To tamper or mess with something. Someone must have interfered with the server last night because it's not working right today.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

interfere in something

to meddle in something; to become involved in someone else's business. Don't interfere in my business! Are you interfering in this matter again?
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interfere with someone or something

to meddle with something or someone's affairs. Please do not interfere with us. Are you interfering with my project?
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

interfere with

v.
1. To serve as a hindrance or obstacle to something: Don't let football practice interfere with your schoolwork.
2. To tamper with something: Someone interfered with the alarm system, and now it's broken.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
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References in periodicals archive
On April 30, acting on the petition filed by Congress lawmaker K Lakshminarayanan, the Madras High Court had asked Bedi not to interfere in the day-to-day administration of the Union Territory, especially when an elected government is in place.
Go that the President will make his choice known on June 28, the Palace spokesman stood firm that it is not the President's style to interfere.
"The accused is is very forceful, arrogant and is likely to violently interfere with the witness," Ouma said.
These data suggest that early pacifier use doesn't interfere with breastfeeding success.
The statement issued from Saudi foreign minister, Abdul Jaber, says that from Canada, there is no voice raising for human rights but only to interfere the internal matters of Saudi Arabia.
The association's Secretary-General Lee Chiun-chang of National Cheng Kung University said the statement was not only related to the Ministry of Education's (MOE) decision the previous day not to confirm Kuan Chung-ming as president of National Taiwan University (NTU), but was also to express the view that the government should not interfere in the selection of any university president.
Conducting suo motu proceedings on the death of children in Tharparkar, the CJP said while addressing Senator Raza Rabbani, 'When we do interfere it is said that we are so foolish as to interfere in the work of the executive.'
We call on others to not interfere in our affairs," Salman said in a speech opening the annual Janadriya cultural festival in Riyadh, state news agency SPA reported.
<![CDATA[ Obama won't 'interfere in Israel's elections' by meeting Netanyahu, but will interfere in Israel's elections by sending his campaign manager to Israel to work against him.
The question is that the US interferes in every country's political affairs worldwide and for unknown reasons they stir up trouble, but what if other countries start to interfere in the US political system?
Some politicians in Kyrgyzstan together with clergymen began to interfere into politics, President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev said at the meeting of the Defense Council discussing the public policy in religious sphere on February 3.
BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqiya bloc MP Itab al-Douri called the United Nations and religious clerics to immediately interfere to end Anbar crisis and the general deterioration in the country.
ISLAMABAD -- Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected the petition filed against Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) remarking no one has any right to interfere in the family matters of CJP.
"France has no right to interfere in Iran's internal affairs," Boroujerdi said on Tuesday.