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- put one's oar in
put one's oar in
put one's oar in
Interfere with something or insert one's opinion, as in I'll thank you not to put your oar in when we're discussing a private matter. This term, referring to helping to row a boat, was first recorded in Charles Coffey's 1731 play The Devil to Pay: "I will govern my own house without your putting in an oar."
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Hevel | | - | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
| Giampaolo | | jahm-POW-lo | Italian |
| Narses | | - | Ancient Persian (Hellenized) |
| Jane | | JAYN | English |
| Chaim | | - | Hebrew |
| Olivera | | - | Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian |