Definition of "out of pocket" []

• Without funds or assets: a traveler who was caught out of pocket. (adverb)
• In a state of having experienced a loss, especially a financial one. (adverb)

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• "He'd throw you and kill you or trample you to death, an 'I'd be just fifteen hundred dollars more out of pocket by the onery brute."
• "My only consolation is that when Cave and Thorne have arrived at a settlement with the Excise Office, I will be able to pay my debts and ensure that the Cousins James are not out of pocket when they buy me more things."