pitching in
Joining the work
Pitching in means contributing effort to a shared task or cause.
The phrase suggests joining others already at work: Everyone pitched in to clean up after the storm.
It can also mean contributing money: We all pitched in for her gift.
The image is of throwing yourself into the work alongside others.
- assistingGiving help to
- lending a handProviding assistance to another
- volunteeringGiving service without pay
- aidingProviding assistance to
- chipping inContributing to shared fund
helpfulness · service · mutual aid · shared responsibility · all hands on deck · collaborating · collective action · teamwork · pulling together · manpower · team player · altruism · generosity · cooperation · selflessness · partnership · goodwill · kindness
- helpful phraseshappy to help, at your service, offering help, here for you, lending a hand
- helping outhelping, assisting, aiding, lending a hand, giving
- interactiontalking, sharing, helping, meeting, joining
- stepping upstepping up, volunteering, taking action, rising up, responding
- helpfulkind, useful, friendly, supportive, generous
- benevolencealtruism, benevolence, charity work, generosity, giving
pitching instanding by
Ready to act
sitting out · doing nothing · sitting on one's hands · shirking · abstaining
pitching inhindering
Creating obstacles to progress
obstructing · sabotaging · undermining · impeding · interfering
pitching infreeloading
Exploiting others' generosity
mooching · shirking · slacking off · coasting · loafing