Idiom
out of pocket
Meaning
Lacking funds, or suffering a financial loss; broke.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I paid for the tickets and now I'm out of pocket.”
“The company refused to reimburse him, so he was left out of pocket by several hundred dollars.”
“After the deal collapsed and his investors withdrew, the young entrepreneur found himself out of pocket and facing mounting debts.”
Examples
simple
“I paid for the tickets and now I'm out of pocket.”
contextual
“The company refused to reimburse him, so he was left out of pocket by several hundred dollars.”
complex
“After the deal collapsed and his investors withdrew, the young entrepreneur found himself out of pocket and facing mounting debts.”
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