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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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