in one's back pocket - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

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What does it mean to have something in your back pocket? ›

Prepositional phrase. in one's back pocket. (idiomatic) Ready if needed, in reserve, prepared, available for use whenever it might be advantageous.

: under someone's control or influence.

If someone says to keep something in your back pocket they mean that you should keep it somewhere handy or easily accessible to you. It can also mean keep it in mind in case you need it.

Meaning 1: Covertly under your influence, e.g. through bribery or blackmail. “He got permission to build because he had the area councilmen in his back pocket and they overrode Planning Policy” Meaning 2: A contingency plan you are able to suddenly reveal and put into action.

Completely under the control or influence of a person, organization, etc. He had the sensitive and sometimes suspicious Russians in his back pocket . We didn't want..a guy who was in the back pocket of the casino interests. We wanted someone who would come in neutral.

Flagging is a practice of placing a colored handkerchief in the left or right back pocket to communicate a specific sexual desire to be fulfilled by specific sexual acts. Different colors placed in either pocket signify the kind of sexual acts/desire that the person wishes to perform.

Stuffing your hands in your pockets conveys meekness, timidness, or anxiety. Someone might do this if they're actively lying, or if they're in a situation where they're overwhelmed, like a job interview or argument. If you want to express strength and confidence, keep your hands out of your pockets.

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if you are in someone's pocket, they control you or have power over you and so you do everything that they tell you.

to be certain to win or succeed at something: Last year's winners again have the championship firmly in their pocket.

What does lining one's pocket mean? ›

to make money esp. by using dishonest, immoral, or illegal methods: Some of these lawyers are only interested in lining their pockets. (Definition of line your pocket(s) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Noun. frog in one's pocket. (humorous) The supposed reason for a person using the pronoun we when really speaking only about themselves.

idiom. British, informal. : to be too close to someone or spend too much time with someone.

It means you wanna keep them or have them to yourself since you love them a lot. For example, since I like Yoongi a lot I would say “yoongi you are adorable, lemme put you in me pocket”.

If you say that someone is in someone else's pocket, you disapprove of the fact that the first person is willing to do whatever the second person tells them, for example out of weakness or in return for money.

in a situation where someone has power or control over you: have someone in your pocket/ be in someone's pocket The principal has the school board completely in her pocket/The school board are completely in the principal's pocket.

It means they hit you up when they want something. They are keeping you on the back burner.

It doesn't literally mean that they want to put them in their pocket. It means that they like him a lot and never let this person go.