interfereverb [ I ]
uk/ˌɪn.təˈfɪər/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈfɪr/B2 to involve yourself in a situation when your involvement is not wanted or is not helpful:
It's their problem and I'm not going to interfere.
I'd never interfere between (US with) a husband and wife.
Interfering in other people's relationships is always a mistake.
More examples
- She was resentful of anybody's attempts to interfere in her work.
- We'd better not interfere - she may not like it.
- The government warned its neighbours not to interfere in its internal affairs.
- His article argues that the government interferes in the economy too much.
- They followed a policy of not interfering in economic affairs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Getting involved for one's own benefit or against others' will
- a piece/slice of the action idiom
- act
- action
- bandwagon
- be in bed with idiom
- bed
- get
- get in on sth
- glom onto sth/sb
- have a finger in every pie idiom
- have a finger in the pie idiom
- horn
- horn in
- interference
- intrude
- intrusion
- meddle
- snoot
- stick your snoot in/into (sth) idiom
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Phrasal verb(s)
interfere with sth
interfere with sb