pocket up
C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To put something in your pocket and keep it
Literal meaning: To put something up into one's pocket
Meanings
1 C1 informal
(Non-standard) To put something into one's pocket
"He pocketed up the loose change and walked out without a word."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
This is a marginal and largely unattested phrasal verb. The simple verb 'pocket' covers all these meanings adequately. ESL learners should use 'pocket' alone. Included here for completeness as it may appear in casual or dialectal speech.
Commonly used with
cash change keys money profit
Forms
Base
pocket up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
pockets up
he/she/it
Past simple
pocketed up
yesterday
Past participle
pocketed up
have + pp
-ing form
pocketing up
continuous
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