put your hand in your pocket

put your hand in your pocket
put your hand in your pocket phrase
to spend money, or to give some to someone or something
Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonym
Main entry: pocket

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put your ˌhand in your ˈpocket idiom
(BrE) to spend money or give it to sb

I've heard he doesn't like putting his hand in his pocket.

Main entry:handidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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