chip in

— Phrasal Verb with chip

/tʃɪp/ verb [T] (present participle chipping, past tense and past participle chipped)

Definition

informal

› to interrupt a conversation in order to say something: I'll start and you can all chip in with your comments.

(Definition of chip in from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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