out of pocketespecially British EnglishBrE informalLESS if you are out of pocket, you have less money than you should have, especially as a result of making a mistake or being unlucky 损失钱财的 If he loses the deal, he’ll be badly out of pocket. 如果丢掉这笔生意，他就会大受损失。
out of pocket• Expenses are all out of pocket.• The law required Polly to establish that Peter's activities had left her out of pocket.• Some one, at some stage, is going to end up seriously out of pocket as a result.• In which case, savers and investors end up out of pocket.• But if he lost, he was out of pocket a million bucks.
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