chip in
verb
chipped in; chipping in; chips in
1
transitive + intransitive
: contribute
chip in five dollars
Everyone chipped in for the gift.
2
Examples of chip in in a Sentence
we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries
forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square
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Nembhard chipped in 13 points and 10 assists, while Micah Potter also scored 13.
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Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
Swain added 15 and Pope chipped in with four 3-pointers while shooting 44% from deep.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Miles Bridges and Coby White each chipped in with 17 points.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
In order to prevent FlyBase from becoming frozen in time, the consortium is now asking the wider fly research community to chip in annual contributions to keep the Cambridge group curating, an annual cost of around $500,000, project leader Norbert Perrimon told STAT in an email.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
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Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
Swain added 15 and Pope chipped in with four 3-pointers while shooting 44% from deep.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Miles Bridges and Coby White each chipped in with 17 points.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
In order to prevent FlyBase from becoming frozen in time, the consortium is now asking the wider fly research community to chip in annual contributions to keep the Cambridge group curating, an annual cost of around $500,000, project leader Norbert Perrimon told STAT in an email.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for chip in
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“Chip in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chip%20in. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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