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- Where did the unavailable meaning of Out of Pocket come from?
The Oxford English Dictionary says out of pocket meaning "out of reach, absent, unavailable" dates back to the US of the early 20th century: 1908 ‘O Henry’ Buried Treasure in Ainslee's July 69 2 Just now she is out of pocket And I shall find her as soon as I can
- Out of pocket? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
But her connection was out of pocket 1974 Anderson (S Carolina) Independent 20 Apr 1A 1 If you have ever been sick and the only doctor is out of pocket for the weekend, then you know we need more doctors 2002 A PHILLIPS Prague III viii 229 Five-day weekend for me, Charlie, starting in eighteen minutes
- meaning - Living out of one anothers pockets - English Language . . .
It stands to reason that the phrase you've quoted means the opposite That they wish to live in each other's pockets, not out of each other's pockets Hence, I believe that your assessment is correct They cannot live without one another another minute It's a strange turn of the phrase, but it seems accurate
- meaning - Usage of out of in this context - English Language Usage . . .
Similarly out of pocket meaning "having lost money in a transaction" (but lately an Urban expression for "unreachable") – Weather Vane Commented Sep 18, 2018 at 16:39
- idioms - Meaning of line in Line ones pockets - English Language . . .
I am not asking about the meaning of the idiom "Line one's pockets" It is clear Line one's pockets: to make much money, especially in an illegal or questionable way I wonder what line means here, and how it came to give the meaning above with the rest of the idiom Is this idiom that common today? Pick the scale you want
- meaning - What is the origin of the phrase in your back pocket . . .
I don't think this is the meaning you're looking for, but to be 'in someone's back pocket' means they have control over you, perhaps having bribed you Eg 'The mayor had the police chief in his back pocket' means the mayor could depend on the police chief to act in a way that suited the mayor –
- Speaking of a fitted bed sheet, would you call it “inside-out” or . . .
There are two main types of definition; a fitted sheet is often conceived as a pocket, and according to that idea the term "inside out" is proper (since one could never consider right the idea of turning their trousers pockets "upside down" (ngram, trousers pockets upside down,trousers pockets inside out,trouser pockets upside down,trouser
- word usage - Is the expression having a kitten in ones pocket a . . .
Having kitten in pocket means the person is merciful If you are able to control yourself even if there is a kitten in your pocket with her nails scratching you,it means you can tolerate very much Hence kitten in pocket is used here to describe his ability to control his anger, his toughness
- Fell off my person - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Meaning it fell from a purse or a pocket that I carry with me "My phone must have fallen out of my
- meaning - When I say comment out, does it mean to uncomment something . . .
The PC Magazine Enciclopedia defines comment out using the following words: To disable lines of code in a program by surrounding them with comment-start and comment-stop characters Answers com defines comment out as (computer science) To render a statement in a computer program inactive by making it a comment Comment out doesn't mean removing
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