INTRUDE ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intrude on mean? 

• INTRUDE ON (verb)
  The verb INTRUDE ON has 1 sense:

1. to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

  Familiarity information: INTRUDE ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTRUDE ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

encroach upon; intrude on; invade; obtrude upon

Context example:

The neighbors intrude on your privacy

Hypernyms (to "intrude on" is one way to...):

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into (to come or go into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intrude on"):

foray into; raid (enter someone else's territory and take spoils)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

"It is not a seasonable hour to intrude on Mr. Oliver," answered St. John.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The captain swear again, polyglot, and the thin man make him bow, and thank him, and say that he will so far intrude on his kindness as to come aboard before the sailing.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)