barge in

Idioms and Phrases

Enter rudely or abruptly, intrude. For example, Her mother never knocks but just barges in . The term is also put as barge into or barge in on to mean interrupt, as in Who asked you to barge into our conversation ? These phrases use to barge in the sense of “bump into” or “knock against,” which may allude to the propensity of these clumsy vessels to collide with other craft. [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

The Federal Aviation Administration also temporarily grounded the Falcon 9 fleet after one of its reusable boosters fell over and burned while landing on an offshore barge in the Atlantic Ocean.

From Los Angeles Times

The second-stage of the rocket burned up in the atmosphere as planned, while an engine that is part of the first-stage booster reignited to power a controlled landing on an uncrewed barge in the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times

This was said despite Ecology and the Board of Pilotage Commissioners evaluating the expanded use of tugboats to escort small tankers and oil barges in case of an emergency.

From Seattle Times

A maid barged in, bearing a pile of fresh towels.

From Literature

Protesters are being pulled away from a coach in south London after they surrounded it over concerns that asylum seekers are being transferred to the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset.

From BBC