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line someone's pockets

line someone's pockets phrase: to make someone objectionably even more wealthy.

Phrase

line someone's pockets (third-person singular simple present lines someone's pockets, present participle lining someone's pockets, simple past and past participle lined someone's pockets)

  1. (idiomatic) To make someone objectionably even more wealthy.
    • I refuse to line the pockets of fat-cat bankers.

Forms of line someone's pockets

third-person singular presentlines someone's pockets
present participlelining someone's pockets
past participlelined someone's pockets
pastlined someone's pockets

Questions about line someone's pockets

What does line someone's pockets mean?
Line someone's pockets means to make someone objectionably even more wealthy.
What part of speech is line someone's pockets?
Line someone's pockets is a phrase.

Words near line someone's pockets in the dictionary

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