POCKET

• pock‧et [countable]
• 1

  in clothes

  a type of small bag in or on a coat, trousers etc that you can put money, keys etc in:
• Luke came in with his hands in his pockets.
• jacket/trouser etc pocket
• The keys are in my trouser pocket.
• pocket of
• the inside pocket of his jacket
• The policeman told me to turn out my pockets (=take everything out of them).
• 2

  money

  the amount of money that you have to spend:
• There are eight hotels, with a price range to suit every pocket.
• from/out of/into your own pocket
• Dan had to pay for the repairs out of his own pocket.
• He was accused of diverting some of the firm's money into his own pocket.
• The deepening recession has hit people's pockets.
• For investors with deep pockets (=a lot of money), the Berlin property market is attractive.
• 3

  small container

  a small bag or piece of material fastened to something so that you can put things into it:
• Please read the air safety card in the pocket of the seat in front.
• 4

  small area/amount

  a small area or amount of something that is different from what surrounds it
• pocket of
• In some parts, there are still pockets of violence and unrest.
• pockets of air inside the hull of the ship
• 5

   be in somebody's pocket

  to be controlled or strongly influenced by someone in authority, and willing to do whatever they want:
• The judge was in the defense lawyer's pocket.
• 6

   have something in your pocket

  to be certain to win something such as a competition or election:
• The Democrats had the election in their pocket.
• 7

   out of pocket

  especially British English informal if you are out of pocket, you have less money than you should have, especially as a result of making a mistake or being unlucky:
• If he loses the deal, he'll be badly out of pocket.
• 8

   be/live in each other's pockets

  British English informal if two people are in each other's pockets, they are together too much
• 9

  game

  a small net on a pool, snooker, or billiardtable, which you try to hit balls into
• ➔ air pocket

   ➔ burn a hole in your pocket

   at burn1 (17)

   ➔ line your own pockets

   at line2 (4)

   ➔ pick somebody's pocket

   at pick1 (14)

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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