stick one's oar in

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Verb

stick one's oar in (third-person singular simple present sticks one's oar in, present participle sticking one's oar in, simple past and past participle stuck one's oar in)

1. (idiomatic, UK) To meddle; to stick one's nose into (something)

   I don't want her coming and sticking her oar in – she doesn't know anything about our financials.

   • August 2005 , Daily Mail

     He feels he must be [there] today. Not to stick his oar in, you understand, but to offer moral support.

Synonyms

• interfere, meddle, poke one's nose in
• put in an oar, put in one's oar, put one's oar in

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: työntää nenänsä, sotkeutua (fi)
• French: mettre son grain de sel (fr)
• Italian: mettere lo zampino