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put one's hand in one's pocket

put one's hand in one's pocket verb: to pay for something, spend or donate money.

Verb

put one's hand in one's pocket (third-person singular simple present puts one's hand in one's pocket, present participle putting one's hand in one's pocket, simple past and past participle put one's hand in one's pocket)

  1. (idiomatic) To pay for something, spend or donate money
    • Never seen you putting your hand in your pocket
      Time to pay the bill, I know you can't find your wallet2019, “Going Through It” (track 6), in Ignorance Is Bliss, performed by Skepta

Forms of put one's hand in one's pocket

third-person singular presentputs one's hand in one's pocket
present participleputting one's hand in one's pocket
past participleput one's hand in one's pocket
pastput one's hand in one's pocket

Questions about put one's hand in one's pocket

What does put one's hand in one's pocket mean?
Put one's hand in one's pocket means to pay for something, spend or donate money.
What part of speech is put one's hand in one's pocket?
Put one's hand in one's pocket is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's hand in one's pocket?
The past tense of put one's hand in one's pocket is put one's hand in one's pocket.

Words near put one's hand in one's pocket in the dictionary

  1. put one's foot in it
  2. put one's foot in one's mouth
  3. put one's foot in someone's ass
  4. put one's foot in the door
  5. put one's foot up someone's ass
  6. put one's hand in one's pocket
  7. put one's hand to
  8. put one's hand to the plough
  9. put one's hand up
  10. put one's hands on
  11. put one's hands together

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