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fever pitch

if you say that a feeling or a situation has reached fever pitch, you mean that people's emotions have become so strong that they can only just control themselves. By the time the princess appeared on the balcony, excitement among the crowd was at fever pitch. Tension reached fever pitch as reports came in of further bomb attacks in the north.

See also: fever

make a pitch for something

to try to persuade people to support you or give you something. The union made a pitch for a reduction in working hours.

a pitched battle

an angry fight or argument. There was a pitched battle between police and rioters.

See also: battle

queer someone's pitch (British & Australian)

to spoil someone's chances of doing something. She queered my pitch by asking for promotion before I did.

See also: queer

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pitch in

to help with others to get something done. As soon as we knew what a big job it was, Gwen and I just pitched in with the rest of the group.