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burn a hole in someone's pocket

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Definitions of burn a hole in someone's pocket words

  • phrase burn a hole in someone's pocket If you say that some money is burning a hole in someone's pocket, you mean that they want to spend it as soon as possible. 3
  • noun burn a hole in someone's pocket to make someone eager to spend it 3

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Parts of speech for Burn a hole in someone's pocket

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

burn a hole in someone's pocket popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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