muscle in

verb

To interfere, or intrude forcibly.

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Meanings

verbmuscle in (third-person singular simple present muscles in, present participle muscling in, simple past and past participle muscled in)

present singular third person muscles in · participle present muscling in · participle past muscled in · past muscled in

  1. intransitiveTo interfere, or intrude forcibly.

    The Government's £500 million Restoring Your Railway initiative - awarding small grants to put back lines that should never have been closed - has turned into a muddle because backers of multi-million pound projects have also muscled in.

    2021 May 5, Howard Johnston, “Restoring your railway... or just window dressing?”, in RAIL, number 930, page 32

Translations

German mitmischen
  • mitmischenmuscle in
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APA

muscle in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscle%20in

MLA

“muscle in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscle%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muscle in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscle%20in.

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