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burning a hole in someone's pocket

burning a hole in someone's pocket is the present participle of burn a hole in someone's pocket.

Meaning of burn a hole in someone's pocket

Verb

burn a hole in someone's pocket (third-person singular simple present burns a hole in someone's pocket, present participle burning a hole in someone's pocket, simple past and past participle burned a hole in someone's pocket or burnt a hole in someone's pocket)

  1. (idiomatic) To cause someone to spend money or be tempted to spend money.
    • The fortune burned a hole in his pocket, and he could not resist spending several thousand francs on jewelry for Eveline; […]1972, Noel Bertram Gerson, The Prodigal Genius: The Life and Times of Honoré de Balzac, page 327

Questions about burning a hole in someone's pocket

What is burning a hole in someone's pocket the present participle of?
Burning a hole in someone's pocket is the present participle of burn a hole in someone's pocket.

Words near burning a hole in someone's pocket in the dictionary

  1. burninated
  2. burninates
  3. burninating
  4. burnination
  5. burning
  6. burning a hole in someone's pocket
  7. burning away
  8. burning bar
  9. burning bars
  10. burning bread
  11. burning bush

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