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

It’s a universe removed from his Emmy-nominated performance as the high-strung Chip in “The Morning Show” — but it’s a role he seems to relish.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2024

He appeared in critically acclaimed North West theatre tour of one-man monologue Chip in the Sugar by Alan Bennett, and starred opposite Lionel Blair in Stand Up!

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

Chip in on offense, even if a bulk of reps come against coaches or a pitching machine in the cage.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

I did 16 episodes of that as a return character… So the producers knew of me and my brother Stan who played Chip in "My Three Sons."

From Fox News • Jun. 5, 2021

It was the next morning, and he’d just quietly filled Chip in on the contents of his latest letter.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix