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encroach

verb

Reveal meaning and examples

To gradually intrude on another person's space, time, or rights.

Administrative tasks began to encroach on the time reserved for writing.

Dictionary practice example.

Stacked crates began to encroach on a shared passage in a fictional lodging house as the steward added another row each day beyond his allotted storage area.

From Confined by Someone Else's Rules.

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