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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pitch up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal, intransitive) To arrive; to turn up.
    • 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:
    • 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.

Forms

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pitches up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pitching up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pitched up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pitched up Tense=Past lexicographic