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pitched up

pitched up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pitch up.

Meaning of pitch 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
  2. (transitive) To raise the pitch of (a sound).
  3. (transitive) To bowl (a delivery) on a fuller length.

Questions about pitched up

What is pitched up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pitched up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pitch up.

Words near pitched up in the dictionary

  1. pitched on
  2. pitched out
  3. pitched roof
  4. pitched roofs
  5. pitched the tent
  6. pitched up
  7. pitched upon
  8. pitched woo
  9. pitcher
  10. pitcher plant
  11. pitcher plants

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