I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a coat pocket
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I thought my wallet was in my coat pocket.
a pocket calculator (= a small one you can carry easily )
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I took out my pocket calculator and added up the figures.
a pocket dictionary (= small enough to be carried in your pocket )
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Pocket dictionaries don't always give you enough information.
a pocket knife (= a small knife that you carry with you )
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He was armed with nothing but a pocket knife.
air pocket
dip into...pockets (= use their own money to pay for them )
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Parents are being asked to dip into their pockets for new school books .
hip pocket
pocket battleship
pocket calculator
pocket change
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The money is nothing – pocket change to them.
pocket handkerchief
pocket knife
pocket money
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How much pocket money do you get?
pocket money/spending money British English (= a small amount of money that parents regularly give their children )
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How much pocket money do you get?
pocket veto
suit sb's pocket (= cost as much as they feel they can pay )
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The choice is wide, with something to suit everyone's pocket.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
back
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She had crossed this road before, deftly robbing Peter to slip a rubber cheque into Paul's back pocket .
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Nothing gets stowed in back pockets .
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He'd peeled them off a roll that he'd pulled out of his back pocket .
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With his weight settled back on the bed, Primo felt something in his back pocket .
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He fiddles about in his back pocket and finds his wallet.
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A: Brittania jeans without a back pocket .
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I took the wad of twenties out of the bag and stuffed them into the back pocket of my jeans.
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For a few months, Goldmann ran the Presidents Conference out of his back pocket as one more title.
deep
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Even those who want nothing are still using their deep pockets to promote the party of their choice.
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Wick has the horses, and the deep pockets to pay them.
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Pockets: single compartment with drawstring; deep lid pocket with rear zip; deep pocket on sack front with semi-circular zip.
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I felt something in one of the deep pockets .
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Pockets: single compartment with drawstring; deep lid pocket with rear zip; deep pocket on sack front with semi-circular zip.
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Indies still fighting Faced with Blockbuster-sized giants with deep pockets , what are mom and pop to do?
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For those with strong nerves and deep pockets , Berlin's property market looks attractive.
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I saw his hands were deep in his pockets and sighed.
hip
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For a moment, Vitor gazed at the ring in his hand, then he slid it into his hip pocket .
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No lover of our Constitution would subscribe to a policy of putting judges in the hip pockets of politicians.
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He took to having a daily early-morning nip from a half-bottle of whisky in his hip pocket .
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He gave them some thought, then extracted two and stowed them in his hip pocket .
inside
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Rains had had a bottle of vichy water in his inside pocket .
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Kirov stooped over his crumpled form, retrieving the photograph from between his fingers and tucking it safely into his inside pocket .
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The photographs still bulged in his inside pocket .
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He reached into an inside pocket and took out a form which he placed on the table.
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Adam sat down on the one comfortable chair he possessed and pulled his father's envelope out of his inside pocket .
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Plummer put down his glass and reached into his inside pocket for the monogrammed cigarette case.
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Features epaulettes, an inside pocket , two side pockets and a pencil holder on the left sleeve.
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Romanov took out the little blue passport with a soft cover from his inside pocket and handed it over.
small
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It is a small pocket book of only 64 pages which means it is easily carried to where it is needed.
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Cokley managed to remove a small pocket knife from his pocket and cut Deering on the leg.
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Patrick saw him unzip a small pocket .
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That is because there are small empty pockets around the water molecules.
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There are smaller pockets of control in the departments of San Vicente, Usulutan and Cuscatlan.
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Fonti dictated notes to himself into a small pocket tape recorder.
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Such soils are found only in small pockets in the Forest.
top
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Feel around in the top pocket of his blazer, there you will find the shard.
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The Doctor hooked the handle of his umbrella over his top pocket and pulled his paisley scarf from around his neck.
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The Marshal slipped them into his top pocket .
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He pushed them into the boy's top pocket .
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A not very clean handkerchief trailed from the top pocket .
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He took the tiny piece of crumpled paper from his top pocket and unfolded it.
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He shook out the handkerchief and stuffed it back in the top pocket of his jacket.
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The lid has a large top pocket accessed by a two way zip.
zipped
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The Hercules features a Windstopper lined snap neck, two zipped waist pockets and stylish embroidery on the back and front.
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There are two zipped pockets and knitted hem and cuffs.
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There are two external zipped hip pockets , both with storm flaps, and a map pocket concealed inside the jacket.
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The jacket is in a smock style and has two zipped pockets and a snap neck closure.
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The trousers have two zipped side pockets elasticated waist and zip opening cuffs for slipping over those ubiquitous trainers.
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The trousers have two deep waist pockets and a zipped pocket at the rear.
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The lid is extendible and removable and has two zipped pockets , one inside, one out.
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Four zipped pockets , two inside and two out, give a fair amount of carrying space.
■ NOUN
air
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It is also important to eliminate as far as possible any air pockets in pots of meat and fish.
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He let a little air pocket of silence hang there between them for a moment.
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These minute air pockets within the plastic sheet act as mirrors and reflect light.
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A healthy lung is pink and full of a honeycomb of fragile air pockets .
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Any coarse greenstuff such as cabbage roots, hedge trimmings, etc. should be chopped up to avoid large air pockets .
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These physical techniques of preparation eliminate air pockets and increase homogenisation of moisture and inclusions making the clay more workable.
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An animal with large air pockets inside it, like us with our great lungs, tends to rise to the surface.
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Infill with compost so that there are no air pockets around the roots.
calculator
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Sir Clive, 51, also invented the pocket calculator , home computer and the digital watch.
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Then I pulled out my pocket calculator .
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Multiply the length by 2.7 using a pocket calculator and that gives the number of needles to use for seaming.
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The appeal has been shamelessly to the pocket calculator , not the heart; to the purse, not to pride.
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A pocket calculator will do most of the work.
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It occupied an entire building and was similar in capacity to the programmable pocket calculator that one now buys at the stationers.
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Out comes my pocket calculator to work out if I have an exact number of repeats.
coat
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He rooted around in his coat pocket until he found the address that Tony Jones had given him.
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He put several grenades in the coat pocket , and a machine gun into a long pocket inside the coat.
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I pat down coat pockets , dig through backpacks and open drawers until I find it.
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Ludo and I turn our collars up against the chill April evening, and ram our hands in our coat pockets .
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From his suit coat pocket he takes a Mont Blanc pen, leans forward, then draws two intricate kanji characters.
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He'd just remembered he had a couple of toffees in his oilskin coat pocket .
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Slumping down into his seat, he took a silver flask from his coat pocket .
handkerchief
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The only dab of colour was a dark blue pocket handkerchief .
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Farini carried a wash tub, lowered a pail into the river, and rinsed out a dozen pocket handkerchiefs .
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Finding her own pocket handkerchief , she gave it into the old lady's other hand.
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With his pocket handkerchief the Major wiped the window pane.
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With a large pocket handkerchief he wiped the perspiration from his forehead; it was getting hot.
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Three stingrays glide past like abandoned white pocket handkerchiefs .
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Look down from the viewpoint and see the terraced land - minute cultivated pocket handkerchiefs .
jacket
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He pulled the small plastic box free and laid it on top of the crate, fumbling in his jacket pocket for something.
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Tom folded the letter and stuck it into his jacket pocket .
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I placed the envelope in my jacket pocket and left him to join the corporal in the corridor.
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He scrutinizes the pamphlets in his jacket pocket .
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Like pulling the sleeves of a jacket up to the elbow or having their hands in their jacket pockets .
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He walked down to the lion house, hands deep in his jacket pockets .
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His conference photo-pass rested safely in his jacket pocket .
knife
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After some thought, I was able to cut the rope near the stern with my pocket knife lashed to a paddle.
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Cokley managed to remove a small pocket knife from his pocket and cut Deering on the leg.
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Folded pocket knives with blades less than three inches long will also be exempt.
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Where the water dripped on to my dirt floor, I scraped a trench with my pocket knife to let it drain out.
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Me, I like to carry a pocket knife .
money
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Most years pocket money has kept well ahead of inflation, and this year is no exception.
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Carmine had a man who washed his pocket money in Ivory liquid to keep it germ-free.
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Now people can earn pocket money by picking it.
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In this school, there are people who could buy the school with pocket money .
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Giving extra pocket money for good work on a daily basis is far more effective.
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For Gates, this $ 150 million is known as pocket money .
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He was saving his pocket money to buy a calculator.
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And what do they spend their pocket money on?
shirt
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New technology has produced phones so light that they can be carried unobtrusively in a shirt pocket .
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He now took a pair of sunglasses from his shirt pocket and pointed them at me.
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His management trademark is carrying index cards in his shirt pocket so that he can note mistakes while visiting Darden restaurants.
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He took a plain card and a pen from his shirt pocket .
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He pulled the crumpled bills from his shirt pocket and dropped them on the desk.
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There was a live round of its ammunition in his shirt pocket .
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He dresses conservatively-black shoes and all-the only hint at aristocracy being a tiny monogram on the shirt pocket .
side
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They're in the side pocket .
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He takes a book out of the side pocket of his smock and shows them the front.
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Her hand touched the side pocket .
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Tony tucked his bottle into a side pocket and moved unsteadily toward the door.
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Did he hap-pen to note the stethoscope peeping out of the side pocket ?
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The side pockets can be filled with sand and pebbles to anchor the tent if it's breezy.
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They have a fly fastening, and two side pockets .
trouser
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His own left hand, he discovered, was in his trouser pocket .
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The boy had found the weapon under his uncle's pile of blankets, tucked it into his trouser pocket .
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Johnny fished in his trouser pocket for a somewhat battered packet of cigarettes and a slim gold lighter.
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I pat my trouser pockets for the keys to the car, find them, and begin to lock the doors.
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He eased his hand into his trouser pocket , and slipped the blackjack loop over his wrist.
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He pulls it from his trouser pocket .
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I fingered Jo's credit cards, which I'd slipped into a trouser pocket .
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He opened his coat and got out the ten-shilling note from his wallet and the coins from his trouser pocket .
■ VERB
carry
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We sometimes carried in our pockets assorted stones to wedge in cracks.
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Me, I like to carry a pocket knife.
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I carry a pocket size sketchbook and paintbox, or no equipment at all.
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Perhaps the most suitable types are those which can be carried easily in a pocket , and are entirely disposable.
dig
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All this makes for dramatic pictures, and people dig deeply into their pockets to give.
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I stood up, dug into my deep pocket , and handed over the little package.
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In their world it is not the father of the bride who digs into his pocket to pay for the wedding.
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My shoulders hunched up, my hands dug down into my pockets , each gesture made was grand as the movies.
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I do not believe the answer to every problem is simply for government to dig deeper in your pocket .
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Children were urged to dig into their pockets for a contribution and to sign the scroll themselves.
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He dug in his pocket and brought out a handful of tattered notes.
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He dug into his pocket and pulled out the few coins he had left.
dip
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Many investors do not mind this as it means they do not have to dip into their pockets to get the advice.
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Now we have to dip into our empty pockets where there is nothing.
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They merely induce wealthy collectors to dip into their pockets .
feel
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Oliver felt through his pockets without luck.
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She felt around in her pocket , hoping to find something, but there was nothing.
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I feel in my pocket for my money and pull it out.
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He felt in his pockets for her baby picture to show Haddad.
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Freeing a hand, George felt desperately in his pockets .
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I felt in my pocket for my door key.
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Then I kneel beside Dixie and feel through his pockets .
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He felt in his pocket for his lighter and his fingers touched the hard squareness of an envelope.
fumble
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He pulled the small plastic box free and laid it on top of the crate, fumbling in his jacket pocket for something.
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She looked at him, then fumbled madly in her pockets for the roll, passing it to him desperately.
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Stuart had fumbled nervously in his pockets , wondering how much he should give, just change, surely.
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Then he was there, fumbling in his pockets for change.
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She fumbled in her pocket for the key then let us in the side door.
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At the top I fumbled in my pockets for my key.
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He fumbled in his jacket pocket and came out with a tobacco pouch and a pipe and offered the pouch to Wycliffe.
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I fumbled in my back pocket and handed him the crumpled note.
hit
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Despite the above, I voted for Labour although its victory would have hit my pocket .
hold
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He took a handkerchief from his pocket to hold against his cheek.
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Those most coveted were the ones with pockets to hold all the valuables salvaged and brought away in fists.
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He took the key from his pocket and held it up in the air, as if to prove his good intentions.
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A later development introduced a press to compress the hops in each pocket which was held in a pocket sling.
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I pat my pockets and hold my hands up in the air; he does the same.
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Adjustable straps on the pockets hold the mattress in position.
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These form open-fronted pockets , held by a run of stitches on their outer sides to a symmetrical pattern.
line
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Inside, Titford and Barwick could apply the soft-talk while lining their elegant pockets with silver.
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The private finance initiative has not papered over the cracks, although it has lined plenty of pockets .
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Why don't journalists hold to the light those who grasp and grab, lining their pockets ?
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Aromatic residues lining the binding pocket are shown in purple.
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Today the leading players have generally abandoned such violent methods, preferring to indulge in insider trading or to line their pockets .
pat
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I pat my pockets and hold my hands up in the air; he does the same.
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I pat down coat pockets , dig through backpacks and open drawers until I find it.
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He just patted his pocket and grinned, looking awfully smug and pleased with himself.
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He patted his pockets , felt it there in his jacket, and stood.
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I pat my trouser pockets for the keys to the car, find them, and begin to lock the doors.
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The rector patted his pockets for the heavy office key and checked his wallet.
pick
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In Dickensian days Fagin had his thieves' kitchen in London, where he taught youngsters to pick pockets .
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She smiled, looking as though she had just picked his pocket .
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She gave me an opportunity to pick pockets myself.
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Tammy Jackson picked Milton's pocket in the lane.
pull
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The Doctor hooked the handle of his umbrella over his top pocket and pulled his paisley scarf from around his neck.
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Quinn sighed, reached into his pocket , and pulled out a five-dollar bill.
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Kirov dipped his hand into his pocket , pulling out the freshly stamped papers and looking at them in amazement.
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He reached into his pocket , pulled out a pill, and swallowed it.
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Out of his pocket he pulled a bunch of keys.
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He reached into the pocket and pulled out a revolver.
put
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But overseas royal families are far more ready to put hand in pocket .
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Then he took off his watch and put it in his pocket .
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Keith puts his in his pocket .
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She took the money and put it in her pocket .
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He put it in his pocket and opened another cage.
reach
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He reached into his pocket and slowly pulled the knife free.
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He reached into his pocket and got the square gold case with the rolling papers.
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I reached in my pocket and pulled out the wadded up bill.
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Quinn sighed, reached into his pocket , and pulled out a five-dollar bill.
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I reached into the door pocket and pulled out the heavy wheel nut spanner.
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Luther asked, reaching into his pocket .
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But he was reaching into his pocket .
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The man reached into his pocket and handed something to Mr Potts, who quickly stuffed it in his coat.
search
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He moved to the small table, put down his glass and searched in his pockets for his cigarettes.
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He searched every pocket , and the pockets in the buff-colored vest, for a garage ticket, but he found none.
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Then she searched his other pockets .
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He restrained himself from searching the pockets until he arrived home, in case it mightn't work in the open.
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Then he searched his pockets and took out a cigarette packet and shook it, but it was empty.
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Suddenly, the Doctor stopped, frantically searching his pockets .
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Pollsters have searched in vain for pockets of disloyalty.
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Maxim had time to search the man's pockets - and then suddenly he hadn't.
stuff
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Dougal stuffed them into his pocket .
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He took off his tie and stuffed it into his pocket .
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He tore it free, stuffed it in his pocket and returned the pad, slamming the drawer and locking it.
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And the more seats that are filled, the more cash promoter Bob Arum and the fighters can stuff into their pockets .
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Gathering up the debris, she stuffed it into her pocket to dispose of in the galley bin below.
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When no one was looking, I stepped outside and walked home, my hands stuffed into my pockets .
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Magee took one, glanced at it and stuffed it into his pocket .
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They were sleeping with their pants on, and with their passports, watches, and wallets stuffed in their front pockets .
suit
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Hotels: Details of Croydon hotel rates to suit all pockets are available from the office.
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The solutions encompass a wide range of options to suit all tastes and pockets .
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Any reader wanting the right detector to suit his pocket and plenty of sound advice is welcome to give me a ring.
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And tailor-made ... throw-away fashion that suits the pocket of the thrifty.
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There are many choices of decking systems available, to suit all pockets , so shop around.
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And the vast range in prices according to cabin, ensures that there is something to suit every pocket .
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Eight local hotels, with a price range to suit all pockets , offer very attractive theatre packages.
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As with most saints, his virtues are emulated and his homilies obeyed by his devotees only when it suits their pockets .
thrust
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He tore off the page of notes and thrust it into his pocket .
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Some thrust their hands into pockets , faces taut.
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I continue along the dark pavement with my hands thrust deep inside my pockets .
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He had his hands thrust into his coat pockets and his shoulders were hunched.
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Johnny was standing with his back to the window, his hands thrust deep into his pockets .
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She saw him turn and look at her, lean and rangy, hands thrust impatiently into pockets .
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She watched dazedly as he paced in front of the cottage, hands thrust deep into the pockets of his jeans.
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Hands thrust inside his jacket pockets , Kuhlmann went over to the window and stared down into the courtyard again.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
burn a hole in your pocket
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Don't wait until the money's burning a hole in your pocket, plan ahead.
dive into your bag/pocket etc
large-sized/medium-sized/pocket-size etc
line your own pockets
pick sb's pocket
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On our last day in the city, someone picked my pocket.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Fred searched his pockets for the ticket.
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Maggie put her hands in her pockets to keep them warm.
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Stuff the meat into the pocket of the pita bread.
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The ruling means less money in the pockets of investors.
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You will find the air safety card in the seat pocket in front of you.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He sat facing the opposite way to Rufus and he had his hands in his pockets.
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He took the matchbook cover from his pocket and read it again.
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It was cold and he thrust his hands deeper inside the pockets of his coat.
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She then unbuckled her right, and stood up, dropping the scalpel into a pocket , just in case.
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Slumping down into his seat, he took a silver flask from his coat pocket .
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Stark would pull slips of paper from his pocket , lean over on the windowsill, and scribble on them.
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With trembling hands, she took the wad of bills from her pocket and began to count it out.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
money
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That didn't stop my old man pocketing the money , touching his cap and then heading off towards the Black Bull.
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Federal prosecutors charged that King pocketed that money .
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Then, pocketing the money , she placed the box back underneath the straw mattress and rolled Granny on to her back again.
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Was he going to pocket the admission money ?
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I have had to stoop to pocketing the money the Supporters' Club give for raffle prizes.
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Everyone was talking about it, exchanging the latest details: who pocketed the money , where they bought the apartments.
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He pocketed the money , whilst Liti, his wife, appropriated the jewel on its fine gold chain.
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He built the roofs and pocketed all the money .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
large-sized/medium-sized/pocket-size etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It's simple - we buy them for $5, sell them for $8, and pocket the difference.
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Robbins admitted pocketing $5300 of the campaign money.
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Tom slipped off his rings and pocketed them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Forbes is traveling the country at an impressive clip, spreading his flat-tax message and pocketing IOUs from Republican pols.
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His wife also pocketed a £20 million pay-off after 26 years of marriage.
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Jack dumped about eight cigarettes out of his Rameses pack and pocketed them.
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Last year the taxman pocketed 550 million from people who should not have been paying tax - or who paid too much.
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The suicidal farmers can be set in stark contrast to the wealthy shareholders who pocket the difference.
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When they were done, he made a show of locking up and pocketing the key.
III. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She took a pocket mirror out of her handbag and put on some lipstick.
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Students are allowed to take pocket calculators into their exams.