- dip into pocket
- dig/dip into (your) pocket
to use your own money to pay for something.
Parents of young children have to dig deep into their pockets at Christmas-time.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
dip into pocket
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dip into your pocket — INFORMAL ► to spend some of your money on something: »She admitted that she had been forced to dip into her own pocket to make up a funding shortfall. Main Entry: ↑dip … Financial and business terms
dip into your pocket — dip into your ˈpocket idiom (informal) to spend some of your own money on sth • She was forced to dip into her own pocket to pay for the repairs. Main entry: ↑dipidiom … Useful english dictionary
dip into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms dip into : present tense I/you/we/they dip into he/she/it dips into present participle dipping into past tense dipped into past participle dipped into 1) dip into something to read, watch, or listen to small… … English dictionary
dip into your pocket — dig/dip into (your) pocket to use your own money to pay for something. Parents of young children have to dig deep into their pockets at Christmas time … New idioms dictionary
dip into — phr verb Dip into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑pocket, ↑reserve, ↑saving … Collocations dictionary
dig into pocket — dig/dip into (your) pocket to use your own money to pay for something. Parents of young children have to dig deep into their pockets at Christmas time … New idioms dictionary
Dip into one's pocket — spend money … Dictionary of Australian slang
dip into one's pocket — Australian Slang spend money … English dialects glossary
dip — dip1 [ dıp ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to lower something into a liquid for a moment before taking it back out again: dip in/into: She dipped her handkerchief in the water and gently began to wipe the dirt from his face. a ) transitive to put an… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dip — Slight drop in securities prices after a sustained uptrend. analysts often advise investors to buy on dips, meaning to buy when a price is momentarily weak. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: correction, break, crash. Bloomberg Financial… … Financial and business terms
