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present participle of pocket
Synonyms & Antonyms of pocketing
1
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
- pocketed my anger and just let the insult pass
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2
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
- she casually pocketed the note from his desk to read later
Synonyms for pocketing
- appropriating,
- boosting
- [slang],
- filching,
- heisting,
- hooking,
- lifting,
- misappropriating,
- nicking
- [British slang],
- nipping,
- pilfering,
- pinching,
- purloining,
- ripping off,
- snitching,
- stealing,
- swiping,
- thieving
Words Related to pocketing
- carjacking,
- hijacking
- (also highjacking)
- abducting,
- kidnapping
- (also kidnaping),
- shanghaiing,
- spiriting
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3
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
- pocketed his wife's messy habits
Synonyms for pocketing
- abiding,
- absorbing,
- accepting,
- bearing,
- biding
- [chiefly dialect],
- brooking,
- countenancing,
- enduring,
- going,
- hacking,
- handling,
- meeting,
- standing,
- sticking out,
- stomaching,
- supporting,
- sustaining,
- sweating out,
- taking,
- tolerating,
- wearing
- [British]
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