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Intrude on   /ɪntrˈud ɑn/   Listen
Intrude on

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






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"Intrude on" Quotes from Famous Books



... Marchesa's confession. You have it in your power to gratify my natural desire for elucidation by an explanation which can no longer injure you in any way. You are innocent. It is proved. But even now you will not speak. You prefer to preserve your attitude of silence to the end. Good! I will intrude on you no longer. I offer you my congratulations. I deplore your inevitable ...
— Prisoners - Fast Bound In Misery And Iron • Mary Cholmondeley

... look came and went across his almost venerable countenance. "My dear fellow," he said, "be it as you please; my last thought is to offend you. I would intrude on none. I will ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... it coming,—the family carriage. I saw his pale cheek flush at my joyous exclamation. He moved rapidly towards the gate, while I ran into the house, up stairs and into my own room, that I might not intrude on moments too ...
— Ernest Linwood - or, The Inner Life of the Author • Caroline Lee Hentz

... in spite of himself, as he saw his host's abashed countenance. "I fear I intrude on a masquerade. Pray, do not mind me. It was that I thought the upper flat uninhabited, and no ...
— Doom Castle • Neil Munro

... the Texan, who had drawn his horse away a little, so as not to intrude on the conversation ...
— Wild Bill's Last Trail • Ned Buntline


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