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LINE ONE'S POCKETS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does line one's pockets mean?
• LINE ONE'S POCKETS (verb)
The verb LINE ONE'S POCKETS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: LINE ONE'S POCKETS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a lot of money
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "line one's pockets" is one way to...):
profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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