line someone's pockets

phrase

To make someone objectionably even more wealthy.

“I refuse to line the pockets of fat-cat bankers.”

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Meanings

phraseline someone's pockets (third-person singular simple present lines someone's pockets, present participle lining someone's pockets, simple past and past participle lined someone's pockets)

present singular third person lines someone's pockets · participle present lining someone's pockets · participle past lined someone's pockets · past lined someone's pockets

  1. idiomaticTo make someone objectionably even more wealthy.

    I refuse to line the pockets of fat-cat bankers.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 中飽私囊 /中饱私囊
  • 中飽私囊 /中饱私囊 (zhōngbǎosīnáng)make someone even more wealthy
Finnish täyttää jonkun taskuja
  • täyttää jonkun taskujamake someone even more wealthy
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APA

line someone's pockets. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20someone's%20pockets

MLA

“line someone's pockets.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20someone's%20pockets. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “line someone's pockets,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20someone's%20pockets.

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