if people chip in, they each give some money to help pay for something
to add something to someone else’s conversation
"You think that judge is gonna forget the jamoke that didn't chip in ?
Before anyone else could chip in with their tuppence worth, Neil came in.
Maybe Oliver could chip in... "In true McClintock fashion, Oliver was silent about committing his small allowance.
The three of us chipped in and bought the boat for Dad.
‘Give her a kiss, Robbie,’ chipped in one of the photographers.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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