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To pitch into

Pitch \Pitch\, v. t. [OE. picchen; akin to E. pick, pike.]

  1. To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball.

  2. To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp.

  3. To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway.
    --Knight.

  4. To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.

  5. To set or fix, as a price or value. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

    Pitched battle, a general battle; a battle in which the hostile forces have fixed positions; -- in distinction from a skirmish.

    To pitch into, to attack; to assault; to abuse. [Slang]

Usage examples of "to pitch into".

Then came a third lash, and he grabbed on to the lip of the ridge, screamed, and pulled himself over, wanting to pitch into the ravine, to splatter his corporeal form against the rocks.