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chuck in

chuck in verb: to give up, to quit.

Verb

chuck in (third-person singular simple present chucks in, present participle chucking in, simple past and past participle chucked in)

  1. (slang, transitive) To give up, to quit.
    • Blake shocked everyone by chucking in his job, selling his flat and returning home to take up the flagging reins of the family company.1995, Miranda Lee, Marriage in Jeopardy
    • 28 May 2000, St. Petersburg Times - The good and the bad of Spanish travel writing Series: BOOKS
      Rather he gives a convincing impression of someone who wants to chuck in his old life in England and build a new life, not just a summer villa,
  2. (slang, transitive) To contribute (something) as a bonus; to throw in (something).

Forms of chuck in

third-person singular presentchucks in
present participlechucking in
past participlechucked in
pastchucked in

Questions about chuck in

What does chuck in mean?
Chuck in means to give up, to quit.
What part of speech is chuck in?
Chuck in is a verb.
What is the past tense of chuck in?
The past tense of chuck in is chucked in.

Words near chuck in in the dictionary

  1. chuck away
  2. Chuck Cunningham syndrome
  3. chuck down
  4. Chuck E. Cheese
  5. chuck full
  6. chuck in
  7. chuck it
  8. chuck it down
  9. chuck it in
  10. chuck it up
  11. chuck key

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