out of your pocket

out of your pocket
   If you pay for something out of your own pocket, you cover the cost with your own money.
   

Breakfast is included but you must pay for lunch out of your own pocket.


English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.

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  • out of your own pocket — from/out of your own pocket(s) ► using your own personal money, and not the money of a company or an organization: »Managers have donated €80,000 from their own pockets to help the company fund its campaign. Main Entry: ↑pocket …   Financial and business terms

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  • out of your own pocket —    If someone does something out of their own pocket, they pay all the expenses involved.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • from/out of your own pocket — from/out of your own pocket(s) ► using your own personal money, and not the money of a company or an organization: »Managers have donated €80,000 from their own pockets to help the company fund its campaign. Main Entry: ↑pocket …   Financial and business terms

  • from/out of your own pockets — from/out of your own pocket(s) ► using your own personal money, and not the money of a company or an organization: »Managers have donated €80,000 from their own pockets to help the company fund its campaign. Main Entry: ↑pocket …   Financial and business terms

  • have (something) burning a hole in (your) pocket — humorous if someone has money burning a hole in their pocket, they want to spend it as soon as possible. I had a fifty dollar bill that was burning a hole in my pocket, so I figured I d go out and have a really good time …   New idioms dictionary

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