back pocket

collocation in English

meaningsofbackandpocket

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back
adjective[before noun]
uk
/bæk/us
/bæk/
at or near the back ...
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pocket
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒk.ɪt/us
/ˈpɑː.kɪt/
a small bag for carrying things in, made of cloth and sewn into the inside or onto the outside of a piece ...
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(Definition ofbackandpocketfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is absolutely no figure on incinerators in ourbackpocket.
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In other words, they would have something in theirbackpocket.
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It is wrong that people with a direct pecuniary interest who receive money in theirbackpocketshould be allowed to vote.
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An ominous bulge in thebackpocketof his jeans seemed to indicate that, if necessary, a certain persuasive power was being held in reserve.
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That was clearly the all-purposebackpocketsupport speech.
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We are left with white, middle-class men in full-time occupations with a fistful of fivers in theirbackpocketwho can continue driving.
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The individual is not likely, especially nowadays, to have a large number of pound notes in hisbackpocket.
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But when eventually the end of the road is reached they dive into theirbackpocketand remove the asylum card; they claim political asylum.
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What matters now is how much he has in hisbackpocket.
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They cannot preach with one voice and accept more money in thebackpocket, as they have done, with any semblance of morality.
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The sums involved seem, even to a wicked old monetarist like me, rather likebackpocketmoney.
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But if there is no safety at sea, it does not matter if one has a union card in one'sbackpocket.
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Thebackpocketamount for 1992–93 is £39 million, and the amount for 1993–94 is £60 million.
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That was a point of order out of thebackpocket: it meant nothing.
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However, money is almost automatically put in agriculture'sbackpocket.
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I do not know whichbackpocketit came from.
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The poor always pay, even if it is only via thebackpocket.
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One of the problems within our community is the black economy: the pound in thebackpocketrather than the pound earned honestly.
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