# pitch in

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/pitch-in
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To help out; lend assistance; contribute; to do one's part to help.

## Examples

- Everyone pitched in to clean up the kitchen.
- When the deadline got close, the whole team pitched in to finish the report on time.
- Moved by the devastation in the village, strangers from neighboring towns pitched in, bringing food, tools, and whatever labor they could spare.

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