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What is "chime in"

Wiktionary
chime in

vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To talk; to join in conversation or discussion. 2 (context idiomatic English) To agree, to harmonize, to concord.

WordNet
chime in

v. break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation" [syn: cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in]

Usage examples of "chime in".

Hulda, you suggest that we play checkers and we'll all chime in-Grandmaw likes checkers.

Would he mind if she left Little Bear and Chime in the courtyard for a few hours?

He had made enough of these in his time, he thought with a rueful smile, asking for fair weather when he reckoned he was in with a chance of spending a chime in the long grass with some pretty girl, beseeching cold winds and rain when one of those hopeful maidens wanted him to join some family celebration, to be presented for parental inspection.

Kamatsu, Lord of the Shinzawai, knew that a Great One had struck a chime in the halls of the Assembly, willing the sound to come here, to announce his imminent appearance.

Kamatsu, Lord of the Shinzawai, knew that a Great One had struck a chime in the halls of the Assembly, willing the sound to come here, to announce his imminent appear- ance.