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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
[edit]chip in (third-person singular simple present chips in, present participle chipping in, simple past and past participle chipped in)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something.
- If we all chip in, we can afford to buy a pizza for lunch.
- March 26 2023, David Hytner, “Kane and Bukayo Saka combine against Ukraine for England’s perfect Euros start”, in The Guardian[1]:
- It was England up the right, with Jordan Henderson – back in the starting XI for Kalvin Phillips – chipping in, too, popping up in inside positions to flip over a couple of dangerous crosses.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To contribute.
- He chipped in twenty for the retirement gift.
- (intransitive, card games) To ante; to put into the pot the amount of chips or money required to continue.
- He seemed to hesitate when he chipped in.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, British, informal) To interrupt a discussion for the purpose of making a comment.
- 2024 May 1, Paul Clifton, “Better forecasting of where the danger lies”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 46:
- Will Godfrey, director of economics, finance and markets at ORR, chips in: "Reducing cancellations and maintaining punctuality as passengers return after the pandemic is a really vital objective.
- (intransitive, golf) To put a chip shot in the hole.
- He chipped in from 20 yards for a birdie.
Translations
[edit]to make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something — see also contribute
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(Britain, informal) to interrupt a discussion for the purpose of making a comment — see also interrupt
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