How to pronounce pitch

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What pitch means

verb

Most people know pitch in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To set up a tent and fix it in place

In a sentence: Dad and I pitched our tent by the lake before it got dark.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old English word meaning to push in, fasten or settle, like tent pegs pushed into the ground.

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