in one's back pocket
prep_phraseDefinitions
Ready if needed, in reserve, prepared, available for use whenever it might be…
Ready if needed, in reserve, prepared, available for use whenever it might be advantageous.
- There’s tremendous opportunities at The Bay in order to modify the offering in order to be attractive to a larger segment to the population. […] Having the Lord & Taylor banner in their back pocket, they’ve got an extra option there.
- Spitzer thinks it's an outrage that the same bankers who brought down the world economy are still firmly in place, bonuses in hand, a government guarantee in their back pocket.
- I didn’t mention my son’s remark to my parents because it seemed emotionally manipulative, but I have it in my back pocket just in case.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for in one's back pocket. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA