Chip in vs flag up
I know chip in has other meanings. But, can chip in and flag up be synonyms when they refer to mention something, to point it out or bring it to attention in a meeting or in a conversation ?
I would like to chip in that the local football team has beaten the national football team
I would like to flag up that the local football team has beaten the national football team
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Nope - there's a very basic difference. "Chip in" isn't transitive (no object), so "I would like to chip in that..." is incorrect, and sounds broken even if you don't think about grammar rules.
"I would like to flag up that..." is possible because the phrasal verb is transitive (you need something to flag up), but it sounds a little awkward because you follow with a full statement. I've seen this phrasal verb only rarely - maybe other speakers in different places have seen it more often.
Unfortunately, neither sentence sounds natural.
If you think about the images behind "chip" and "flag", you'll see how different these phrasal verbs really are.
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