pɪtʃ ɪn
informal
intermediate
- Base verb:
- pitch
- Particle:
- in
- Separable:
- No
What does "pitch in" mean?
To contribute effort, help, or money together with others
Examples
- Everyone pitched in to clean up after the party.
- If we all pitch in, we can finish by Friday.
- The neighbors pitched in to help after the fire.
- We each pitched in twenty dollars for the gift.
How to use it
Emphasizes cooperative effort and teamwork.
Similar expressions
chip in
contribute
help out
Opposites
freeload
sit out
Related phrasal verbs
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