chip in

verb

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

2. (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

Its technology is central to the chips in almost all smartphones, including iPhones.

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Another chipped in: "We have a great time wherever we go. I fully believe we should be in there. It's ridiculous. I don't understand why Belarus are even allowed in the competition."

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The start of his legal battles prompted anonymous donors to chip in thousands of dollars towards his defence through various online fundraisers.

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All billpayers will chip in to fund this extra support, which is on top of the government's U-turn on winter fuel payments.

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The world number one began the final day four shots behind but was in front by the seventh hole and finished two clear, chipping in at the 17th during a rollercoaster climax of frayed nerves.

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