"chuck in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-chuck in.ogg Forms: chucks in [present, singular, third-person], chucking in [participle, present], chucked in [participle, past], chucked in [past]
Head templates: {{en-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 Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-chuck_in-en-verb-3zlGEL5t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in"

Inflected forms

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