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chip in
verb
to contribute (money, time, etc) to a cause or fund
(intr) to interpose a remark or interrupt with a remark
Idioms and Phrases
Contribute money, help, or advice, as in If we all chip in we'll have enough to buy a suitable gift , or Everyone chipped in with ideas for the baby shower . Mark Twain used this term in Roughing It (1872): “I'll be there and chip in and help, too.” [Mid-1800s]
In poker and other games, to put up chips or money as one's bet. For example, I'll chip in another hundred but that's my limit or, as Bret Harte put it in Gabriel Conroy (1876): “You've jest cut up thet rough with my higher emotions, there ain't enough left to chip in on a ten-cent ante.” [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
Zubiemendi made the most of his run in the Spain team with Rodri out injured, including chipping in with some goals.
Cresswell chipped in up the other end of the pitch, too, scoring in the opening game of the tournament against the Czech Republic.
He stayed composed, closing with a two-under 68 to finish up on 15 under for the week, with Fleetwood a shot back - tied for second with Russell Henley, who chipped in on the last.
The usually composed Willie le Roux's bewildering chip in his own 22 did not cost his side at the time, but summed up their inefficiencies.
After that he chipped in goals at a regular rate.
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