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pocketed up

pocketed up is the simple past and past participle of pocket up.

Meaning of pocket up

Verb

pocket up (third-person singular simple present pockets up, present participle pocketing up, simple past and past participle pocketed up)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete, transitive) To receive (an insult, an affront, etc.) without open resentment, or without seeking redress.
    • Well, ruffian, I must pocket up these wrongsc. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about pocketed up

What is pocketed up the simple past and past participle of?
Pocketed up is the simple past and past participle of pocket up.

Words near pocketed up in the dictionary

  1. pocketbook
  2. pocketbook issue
  3. pocketbook issues
  4. pocketbooks
  5. pocketed
  6. pocketed up
  7. pocketer
  8. pocketers
  9. pocketful
  10. pocketfuls
  11. pockethandkerchief

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