- To put (something) into a pocket.
- To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
- To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own). · Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.· The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond.
- To put up with; to bear without complaint.
He/she/it pockets · Past pocketed · Past participle pocketed · -ing form pocketing
Verb forms
- Base form
- He/she/it
- pockets
- Past
- pocketed
- Past participle
- pocketed
- -ing form
- pocketing
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“The moment you have received this, have the kindness to take the letter of credit from my pocket-book, which you will find in the square drawer of the secrétaire; add your own to it, if it be not sufficient.
She closed the door, locked it, and put the key carefully in the pocket of her dress.
Here is the paper; do you know the writing?” As he spoke, Villefort drew the letter from his pocket, and presented it to Dantès.
The spectacle was often repeated with great applause, till on one occasion a courtier, bent on mischief, took from his pocket a handful of nuts and threw them upon the stage.
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