cut in

verb cuts in · cutting in · cut in

1. To intrude or interrupt. “If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said.
2. To take up a portion of. This is cutting in on my free time.
3. To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back. Cut in line

   Similar: jump the queue, push in, queue-jump

4. To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
5. To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
6. dated, idiomatic To dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner.
7. When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
8. slang, transitive To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something. You can cut me in on the next hand of this card game.
9. slang, transitive To give (someone) a share of something.
10. intransitive, slang, transitive To take a share of something; to push one's way into a project, game or plan.