PITCH

v. 1 toss, throw, cast, fling, hurl, heave, sling, fire, launch, shoot, send, let fly, Cricket bowl, Colloq chuck, peg, lob, Brit bung He rolled the paper into a ball and pitched it into the basket 2 erect, raise, set or put up, position, fix, place We ought to pitch the tent in a level area 3 plunge, fall (headlong), dive, drop, plummet, (take a) nosedive I caught my toe on the kerb and pitched forward onto the pavement 4 Chiefly nautical toss about, lurch, plunge, flounder, go head over heels, go keel over truck, US pitchpole or pitchpoll The wind reached force ten as we pitched and rolled and yawed in the heavy seas 5 pitch in. contribute, cooperate, help, assist, Colloq chip in Everyone pitched in to make the church fair a success 6 pitch into. a attack, lay into, assail, lash out at, abuse, rail against, Colloq lace into, tear into, jump down (someone's) throat, jump on Reggie's wife really pitched into him about going out with other women b attack, assault, set upon, belabour, Colloq light into, sail into, tear into They pitched into each other and fought like Kilkenny cats 7 pitch on or upon. determine, decide on, select, pick, choose, opt for, elect, nominate, name, Colloq light on They pitched on Carrie to be the best candidate for treasurer