to pocket
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3.7
- verb
- /ˈpɑːkɪt/
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- After the sale, she was able to pocket a nice profit from her investment.
mansion and, the story goes, locked the doors and pocketed the key.
- mansion and, the story goes, locked the doors and pocketed the key.
- The vibe I get is nurse who pockets the codeine speaking.
- They spent far more than what came in, but they gave free benefits to the poor, but they pocketed large amounts for themselves.
- And and this dude is pocketing toes, eating deer hearts.
Examples
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Tindle pocketed the jewels.
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He decided to pocket the money he found on the street.
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Then I can pocket the extra money.
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It's wrong to have others' men and more wrong to pocket their money.
Fiction book (1993) -
Did she ask you how much you would pocket?
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Maybe you give me 20, I write a receipt for 30, and you pocket 10.
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"Church tomorrow," I said to Arch as I pocketed the stone and started toward the kitchen.
Fiction book (1993) -
Y rips the notes from his hand and pockets all the papers.
Academic text (1999) -
One of the women gleefully passes the pack around, then pockets the rest.
Fiction book (1996) -
But Mr. Calabrese sure pocketed the money.
Synonyms
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5.1
To hide money or things in a secret place for later
43
6.1
To get something, often by hunting or by unfair ways
16
6.8
To hide a small thing in the inside of your hand so others do not see it
Antonyms
Idioms
11
4.1
Pay for something with your own money instead of getting money from someone else
- Informal
A helpful idea or tool kept secret to use when needed
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
1
4.1
Accidentally call someone because your phone presses buttons in your pocket or bag
Compounds
12
2.2
A small folding tool with a metal blade that fits into its handle and into a pocket
- Formal
1
8.8
A president or governor keeping a bill not signed until lawmakers end their meeting so it cannot become law
1
3.5
A piece of cloth that covers a pocket opening to keep things safe and make the pocket look neater
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse with soft fur and pouches in its cheeks
A small rodent from Mexico with fur lined cheek pouches for carrying food
A small secret pocket with a spring that holds small valuable items inside clothing
- Specialized
A small mouse with stiff fur and cheek pouches that lives in dry grasslands
A small burrowing animal like a mouse that has fur-lined cheek pouches and makes dirt mounds
A small animal that lives underground in grasslands and carries food in pockets in its cheeks
A small mouse in central United States grasslands that carries food in cheek pouches
Games like pool that are played on a table with six pockets where players hit balls with a long stick
- Archaic
A very small town where one person or family controls who is elected to Parliament
- US
A small rodent active at night that lives in burrows and carries seeds in cheek pouches
A small animal that lives underground and digs tunnels in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida
A small burrowing rodent that lives in western United States valleys and meadows with fur-lined cheek pouches
Surface Forms
Etymology
To pocket something originally meant to put it into your pocket, from the noun that meant 'small bag'. That's why pocketed can mean 'took and kept' something, sometimes in a secret way.