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chip in
contribute help or money
To help with a task or contribute money or effort to a shared activity.
Hear it in real life
Who's going to clean up after the party?
If we all chip in, it'll only take ten minutes.
We all chipped in to buy our teacher a leaving present.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We all chipped money for the gift.
Say: We all chipped in for the gift.
Use “chip in” when contributing money or help to a shared effort.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
chip in; chip in with something; chip in to do something
Compare it
Where this one sits next to the phrases it gets mixed up with.
Your turn: say it out loud
We all chipped in to buy our teacher a leaving present.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
chip in
contribute help or money
“We all chipped in to buy our teacher a leaving present.”
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