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in one's pocket
in each other's pockets . In very close proximity or mutual dependence, as in Bert and Harry work in the same office, live in the same house, belong to the same clubs鈥攖hey're constantly in each other's pockets . [Mid-1900s]
In one's power or possession, under one's influence. For example, The defense lawyer had the jury in his pocket . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
Allegedly, there is a state law in Alabama and Kentucky that makes carrying an ice cream cone in one鈥檚 pocket illegal.
The Dr. Oz Show Clever ways to put money in one鈥檚 pocket; from chronic fatigue to joint pain, autoimmune diseases.
Carrying a smartphone in one鈥檚 pocket makes it possible to connect with people and record police behavior.
For a certain subset of women in their 20s and 30s, Tolentino is a household name, an imaginary best friend whose wise, probing essays and cheerful stoner Twitter persona brought us to the women鈥檚 general interest blog The Hairpin, a sort of wacky little sister to The Awl, during the heyday of pleasantly idiosyncratic online publishing that took place in the late 2000s, when the pre-smartphone internet felt more like a friendly place for weirdos than a persistent, eternally accessible obligation residing in one鈥檚 pocket.
鈥淭aken as a whole, the most natural reading of the disclosure warns that carrying a cellphone in one鈥檚 pocket is unsafe,鈥 she wrote.
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