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repocket

repocket verb: to pocket again; to return to one's pocket.

Verb

repocket (third-person singular simple present repockets, present participle repocketing, simple past and past participle repocketed)

  1. (transitive) To pocket again; to return to one's pocket.
    • Buyers at the Rushmore and at other new condominiums began struggling to get out of their contracts and to repocket their deposits — at the Rushmore, 15 percent of the purchase price.2009 July 26, Josh Barbanel, “Attack of the Fine Print”, in New York Times

Forms of repocket

third-person singular presentrepockets
present participlerepocketing
past participlerepocketed
pastrepocketed

Origin of repocket

From re- + pocket.

Questions about repocket

What does repocket mean?
Repocket means to pocket again; to return to one's pocket.
What part of speech is repocket?
Repocket is a verb.
What is the past tense of repocket?
The past tense of repocket is repocketed.

Words near repocket in the dictionary

  1. repo depos
  2. repo depot
  3. repo depots
  4. repo man
  5. repo men
  6. repocket
  7. repocketed
  8. repocketing
  9. repockets
  10. repod
  11. repodded

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