pitch in

as in to contribute
to make a donation as part of a group effort everyone at the office pitched in to buy a gift for the soon-to-be-wed couple

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Recent Examples of pitch in King threw more than 14 pitches in an inning just once — 19 in the eighth — never pitched with a runner at second base and worked with a big lead in his final eight innings. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 The New York Mets and New York Yankees are two teams in the market to add starting pitching in a huge trade this season. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025 The splitter seems to be every bit of one of the most unhittable pitches in baseball. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 This week he was asked to throw fastballs past hitters in conditions that must have felt to the players like the dead of winter, the same conditions in which Williams pitched in at Comerica Park. Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pitch in

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“Pitch in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitch%20in. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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