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noun for keeping things in ADJ. bulging tourists with bulging pockets | deep | zipped | coat, jacket, shirt, trouser, waistcoat, etc. | back, breast, hip, inner, inside, outer, top | door, seat Please read the safety leaflet in the seat pocket in front of you. (= on a plane) | secret Forged passports were found in a secret pocket in the suitcase. VERB + POCKET feel in, fish in, fumble in, go through, rummage in, search He went through all his pockets looking for his key. | reach in She reached in her pocket and pulled out her phone. | dip into (figurative) Once again club members have had to dip into their pockets (= spend their own money) to buy new equipment. | fish/get/pull/take sth from/out of I fished the number out of my pocket and dialled. | empty, turn out The security guard made them empty their pockets. | put/stuff/thrust sth in/into She stuffed the money into her pocket and walked out. He walked past with his collar turned up and his hands thrust into his pockets. | fill, stuff We filled our pockets with apples. | line (figurative) Dishonest officials have been lining their pockets with public funds. | pick He caught a boy trying to pick his pocket on the bus. POCKET + VERB bulge My pockets were bulging with loose change. POCKET + NOUN lining PREP. in the/your ~ My wallet was in the back pocket of my jeans. | out of the/your ~ He took a few coins out of his pocket. PHRASES hands in pockets He stood there, hands in pockets. | the lining of a pocket small area/group ADJ. small | isolated PHRASES a pocket of resistance Government forces are mopping up the last pockets of resistance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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pocket
verbs
put something in your pocket
• I put the £5 note in my pocket.
stuff/thrust something in your pocket
(= put it there quickly and carelessly )
• He took off his cap and stuffed it in his pocket.
take something out of/from your pocket
• Marcia took a pair of dark glasses out of her pocket.
reach into your pocket
(= put your hand into your pocket to find something )
• "Do you want a cigarette?" he asked, reaching into his pocket.
search your pocket
(= look for something in your pocket )
• I searched my pockets for my train ticket but it wasn't there.
turn out/empty your pockets
(= take everything out of your pockets in order to find something )
• His mother made him turn out his pockets.
dig in your pocket
(= put your hand in your pocket to find something )
• Boris dug in his pocket for his keys.
phrases
with your hands in your pockets
• I saw him wandering along the beach with his hands in his pockets.
somebody's pockets are bulging
(= they are very full )
• Tony's pockets were bulging with loose change.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + pocket
a back/front/side pocket
• He took a wad of money from his back pocket.
a breast pocket
(= on the chest )
• There was a silk handkerchief in his breast pocket.
an inside pocket
(= on the inside of a coat, jacket etc )
• Gregson pulled a photo from the inside pocket of his jacket.
a jacket/trouser/shirt etc pocket
• She slipped the map into her jacket pocket.
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