English Explanatory Dictionary

back-pocket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To put (something) into a back pocket.
To put (something) aside for future use; to keep in reserve.

Word forms

back-pocket back-pockets back-pocketing back-pocketed backpocket

Etymology

From back pocket.

Related words

in one's back pocket

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