chip in

British  

verb

1. to contribute (money, time, etc) to a cause or fund

2. (intr) to interpose a remark or interrupt with a remark

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chip in Idioms  

1. 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]

2. 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]

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Example Sentences

And maybe Ohtani can chip in a couple hundred bucks — like former Dodger Mike Piazza did decades ago — for each home run.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Following a round of particularly intense Russian barrages two years earlier, Biletsky had convinced his neighbours to chip in together to install solar panels and batteries on the roof of their high-rise apartment block.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Viewers chip in to pay for his airfare and lodging.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

For example, an analog chip in a smartphone tells the main processor when a user is pressing the up or down button to control the volume.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 21, 2026

Dropping the potato chip in her beak, she cried, “I leave you alone for a few minutes, and look what happens! What on earth?”

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate