Timeline for What is the origin of the phrase "in your back pocket"?
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| S Apr 13, 2022 at 19:28 | history | suggested | Esther | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
edited "backpocket" to read "back pocket"
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| Apr 13, 2022 at 16:47 | answer | added | Steve | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 21:08 | answer | added | vigorousjammer | timeline score: -1 | |
| Apr 20, 2013 at 1:10 | comment | added | Mynamite | I don't think this is the meaning you're looking for, but to be 'in someone's back pocket' means they have control over you, perhaps having bribed you. Eg 'The mayor had the police chief in his back pocket' means the mayor could depend on the police chief to act in a way that suited the mayor. | |
| Apr 20, 2013 at 0:08 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/325400551296729088 | ||
| Apr 19, 2013 at 23:17 | answer | added | Hugo | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 20:55 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 4 characters in body; edited tags; edited title
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| Apr 16, 2013 at 17:38 | comment | added | mplungjan | I cannot find any specific etymology, but the phrase is quite straight forward - something readily available. We have the exact same phrase in Danish for anything readily available, cash, lovers but also the opposite as in, "You need a million? Oh, I'll look in my back pocket" | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 17:33 | history | asked | Joanna Maas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |