chipped in

past tense of chip in
1
as in contributed
to make a donation as part of a group effort we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries

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as in interrupted
chiefly British to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square

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Recent Examples of chipped in Johnathan Lagunas also scored for the Braves (5-3-3), while Alan Contreras chipped in with an assist. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 Limited in snaps, Pierce led the Colts with 61 receiving yards in the opener, and Allen chipped in by catching all six of his targets for 32 yards. — Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026 And Mozee chipped in with effective play, scoring his first career touchdown on a 7-yard run in the fourth quarter. — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 Peyton Miller, on the left side of the area, pushed a short pass back to Gil near the edge of the box, whose chipped in a first-touch shot that bent inside the back post to cap the scoring in the 79th minute. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 Gabby Williams chipped in with 16 as all 14 Valkyries played a part in the victory. — Marisa Ingemi, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026 Jonquel Jones chipped in 19 points and 10 rebounds for New York, which improved to 23-15. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chipped in
Verb
  • Information for this article was contributed by Derek Gatopoulos of The Associated Press.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Tom Winter, Emilie Plesset, Cristian Santana, Michelle Acevedo and Dennis Romero contributed.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • There was a period where airspace was closed in the Gulf after the Iran conflict began, and then questions about whether the region’s growth story would be interrupted.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Process for Serra is autotelic; the activities on the Verb List are ongoing, interrupted only by completion or breakdown.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
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  • Husted has donated remaining Wexner contributions to an anti-human trafficking charity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Kao and his close associates donated nearly $900,000 to dozens of politicians, allowing Navatek to establish operations in half a dozen states with more than $40 million a year in government funds.
    — Katie Nixdorf, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Those crews, Coles said, were one of the casualties from a swath of federal budget cuts in the 1980s.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The majority of the layoffs on the studios side were within Pixar and majority of cuts in the TV group were at National Geographic.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Chipped in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chipped%20in. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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