chisel in
verb
Forms chisels in chiseling in chiselling in chiseled in chiselled in
- verb (intransitive) To barge in on something; to be a third wheel; to insinuate oneself into a situation or relationship; to get oneself involved in something. “Ignore him, he's only here because he chiseled in.”
- verb (intransitive, slang) To unfairly push in on (something); to gain a role in (something unsavory); to acquire a partial interest in (something) through deceit. “He's chiseling in on our operation.”
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Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “chisel in”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details