"pitch up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pitches up [present, singular, third-person], pitching up [participle, present], pitched up [participle, past], pitched up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pitch up (third-person singular simple present pitches up, present participle pitching up, simple past and past participle pitched up)
  1. To arrive; to turn up.
    Sense id: en-pitch_up-en-verb-rP~sXmpS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 88 12
  2. (transitive) To raise the pitch of (a sound). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pitch_up-en-verb-G0utqCMF

Download JSON data for pitch up meaning in English (1.8kB)

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