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ALL meanings of in one's pocket

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  • noun in one's pocket a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles. 1
  • noun in one's pocket a bag or pouch. 1
  • noun in one's pocket means; financial resources: a selection of gifts to fit every pocket. 1
  • noun in one's pocket any pouchlike receptacle, compartment, hollow, or cavity. 1
  • noun in one's pocket an envelope, receptacle, etc., usually of heavy paper and open at one end, used for storing or preserving photographs, stamps, phonograph records, etc.: Each album has 12 pockets. 1
  • noun in one's pocket a recess, as in a wall, for receiving a sliding door, sash weights, etc. 1
  • noun in one's pocket any isolated group, area, element, etc., contrasted, as in status or condition, with a surrounding element or group: pockets of resistance; a pocket of poverty in the central city. 1
  • noun in one's pocket Mining. a small orebody or mass of ore, frequently isolated. a bin for ore or rock storage. a raise or small slope fitted with chute gates. 1
  • noun in one's pocket Billiards, Pool. any of the pouches or bags at the corners and sides of the table. 1
  • noun in one's pocket a position in which a competitor in a race is so hemmed in by others that his or her progress is impeded. 1
  • noun in one's pocket Football. the area from which a quarterback throws a pass, usually a short distance behind the line of scrimmage and protected by a wall of blockers. 1
  • noun in one's pocket Bowling. the space between the headpin and the pin next behind to the left or right, taken as the target for a strike. 1
  • noun in one's pocket Baseball. the deepest part of a mitt or glove, roughly in the area around the center of the palm, where most balls are caught. 1
  • noun in one's pocket Nautical. a holder consisting of a strip of sailcloth sewed to a sail, and containing a thin wooden batten that stiffens the leech of the sail. 1
  • noun in one's pocket Anatomy. any saclike cavity in the body: a pus pocket. 1
  • noun in one's pocket stage pocket. 1
  • noun in one's pocket an English unit of weight for hops equivalent to 168 pounds (76.4 kg). 1
  • adjective in one's pocket small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch. 1
  • adjective in one's pocket relatively small; smaller than usual: a pocket war; a pocket country. 1
  • verb with object in one's pocket to put into one's pocket: to pocket one's keys. 1
  • verb with object in one's pocket to take possession of as one's own, often dishonestly: to pocket public funds. 1
  • verb with object in one's pocket to submit to or endure without protest or open resentment: to pocket an insult. 1
  • verb with object in one's pocket to conceal or suppress: to pocket one's pride. 1
  • verb with object in one's pocket to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket: The town was pocketed in a small valley. 1
  • verb with object in one's pocket Billiards, Pool. to drive (a ball) into a pocket. 1
  • verb with object in one's pocket pocket-veto. 1
  • verb with object in one's pocket to hem in (a contestant) so as to impede progress, as in racing. 1
  • idioms in one's pocket in one's pocket, in one's possession; under one's influence: He has the audience in his pocket. 1
  • idioms in one's pocket line one's pockets, to profit, especially at the expense of others: While millions were fighting and dying, the profiteers were lining their pockets. 1
  • idioms in one's pocket out of pocket, having suffered a financial loss; poorer: He had made unwise land purchases, and found himself several thousand dollars out of pocket. lacking money. Informal. not available; unreachable: I'll be out of pocket all afternoon. 1
  • noun in one's pocket under one's control 0
  • adjective in one's pocket (Idiomatic) Subject to one's whims because of bribery. 0
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