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pitch up

pitch up verb: to arrive; to turn up.

Verb

pitch up (third-person singular simple present pitches up, present participle pitching up, simple past and past participle pitched up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To arrive; to turn up.
    • David Cameron pitched up in New York at lunchtime on Wednesday for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly less than a week after an ecstatic reception on the streets of Tripoli and Benghazi.2011, "David Cameron outlines foreign policy philosophy – but don't call it a doctrine", Wintour and Watt Blog, The Guardian
    • It has realised the hard way that it is not enough just to pitch up at a by-election with a loud hailer and some media-friendly stunts, it requires months, even years, of groundwork in the local area.2013, “How UKIP became a British political force”, in BBC
  2. (transitive) To raise the pitch of (a sound).
  3. (transitive) To bowl (a delivery) on a fuller length.

Forms of pitch up

third-person singular presentpitches up
present participlepitching up
past participlepitched up
pastpitched up

Questions about pitch up

What does pitch up mean?
Pitch up means to arrive; to turn up.
What part of speech is pitch up?
Pitch up is a verb.
What is the past tense of pitch up?
The past tense of pitch up is pitched up.

Words near pitch up in the dictionary

  1. pitch pipe
  2. pitch pipes
  3. pitch simultaneity
  4. pitch the nob
  5. pitch the tent
  6. pitch up
  7. pitch upon
  8. pitch woo
  9. pitch-accent
  10. pitch-accents
  11. pitch-and-putt

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