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LINE ONE'S POCKETS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does line one's pockets mean? 

LINE ONE'S POCKETS (verb)
  The verb LINE ONE'S POCKETS has 1 sense:

1. make a lot of moneyplay

  Familiarity information: LINE ONE'S POCKETS used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LINE ONE'S POCKETS (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a lot of money

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "line one's pockets" is one way to...):

profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP


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