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burnt a hole in someone's pocket

burnt a hole in someone's pocket is the simple past and past 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 burnt a hole in someone's pocket

What is burnt a hole in someone's pocket the simple past and past participle of?
Burnt a hole in someone's pocket is the simple past and past participle of burn a hole in someone's pocket.

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

  1. burnstickles
  2. Burnsville
  3. Burnsworth
  4. Burnsworths
  5. burnt
  6. burnt a hole in someone's pocket
  7. burnt away
  8. burnt bread
  9. Burnt Bridge
  10. burnt coal
  11. burnt cream

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