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pocketing up

pocketing up is the present participle and gerund 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 pocketing up

What is pocketing up the present participle and gerund of?
Pocketing up is the present participle and gerund of pocket up.

Words near pocketing up in the dictionary

  1. pocketfuls
  2. pockethandkerchief
  3. pockethandkerchiefs
  4. pockethandkerchieves
  5. pocketing
  6. pocketing up
  7. pocketings
  8. pocketknife
  9. pocketknives
  10. pocketless
  11. pocketlight

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