to pitch a tent
5
2.9
- phrasal verb
- /pɪtʃ ə tɛnt/
:
montar una tienda
- After hiking for several hours, we found a clear spot to pitch a tent for the night.
- pitch a tent in your backyard
- pitch a tent outside
- place to pitch a tent
If you happen to pitch a tent near a bunch of grizzly bears, it's game over.
- If you happen to pitch a tent near a bunch of grizzly bears, it's game over.
Examples
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But once upon a time, when I was a kid, I used to pitch a tent on a hilltop not far from here.
Fiction book (1999) -
Bring your sleeping bag, in case we decide to pitch a tent.
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I just wanna pitch a tent and live in there.
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Maybe pitch a tent out here in this open field.
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We can go to a place that has a cabin, or we can pitch a tent.
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Well, last night my husband Chris and I pitched a tent in our backyard.
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If you happen to pitch a tent near a bunch of grizzly bears, it's game over.
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Why bother pitching a tent if you're not actually going to camp in it overnight?
Blog text (17) -
If you or I were to go there and pitch a tent during any other time, wouldn't we be asked to leave or given a fine?
Blog text (19) -
Can't you be like other kids your age and pitch a tent in the yard or... have a healthy interest in carpentry?
Synonyms
Make a small outdoor shelter to sleep in
Antonyms
How Difficult
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to set up a tent' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'pitch' (to put up/erect) with 'tent' (a collapsible shelter); the article 'a' does not affect compositionality. This is a literal verb + object construction common in English (and mirrored in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pitch a tent comes from the literal action of pitch, meaning to push poles and drive pegs to fix a tent in the ground when campers make a small shelter. So it means 'to set up a tent'.