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muscle in

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muscle in (third-person singular simple present muscles in, present participle muscling in, simple past and past participle muscled in)

(intransitive) to interfere, or intrude forcibly

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When things get unbearable, I wrap myself into a tight ball and shut my eyes. Every muscle in my body is tense. I open my eyes and I'm still where I was when I closed them to escape. Nothing's changed. Elizabeth Wurtzel

I think I just get excited by music, and, like, singing is a very physical thing. It releases endorphins in your body. You're using almost muscle in there, and I think that adrenaline really helps to kind of make the songs fresh every time. Florence Welch

Although biomineralisation is usually necessary to preserve soft tissue after this time, the presence of polychaete muscle in the nonmineralised Burgess shale shows this need not always be the case. Source: Internet

After a scoreless first period, the Cardinals flexed their special-teams muscle in the second. Source: Internet

After tearing a groin muscle in a fall, Mr. O’Shea, who had Lewy body dementia, entered a North Side rehabilitation facility. Source: Internet

Another trait is that most of the muscle in a crocodile's jaw is arranged for clamping down. Source: Internet

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