pitch up
verb1
Informal To arrive; to turn up.
- David Cameron pitched up in New York at lunchtime on Wednesday for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly less than a week after an ecstatic reception on the streets of Tripoli and Benghazi.2011, "David Cameron outlines foreign policy philosophy – but don't call it a doctrine", Wintour and Watt Blog, The Guardian
- It has realised the hard way that it is not enough just to pitch up at a by-election with a loud hailer and some media-friendly stunts, it requires months, even years, of groundwork in the local area.2013, “How UKIP became a British political force”, in BBC:
2
To raise the pitch of (a sound).
3
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To bowl (a delivery) on a fuller length.