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"out of pocket"

Posted by ESC on March 09, 2002

In Reply to: "Out of pocket" posted by R. Berg on March 09, 2002

: : Our family has an email list and recently one person said: "sorry I have been lax in writing, but I have been 'out of pocket' the past couple weeks.

: : I understood what she meant - not functioning up to par - but I another family member who continually scrutinizes everything said it meant 'spending money out of our pocket' as in 'out of pocket expenses'.

: : I never for a minute thought that.

: : Comments welcome.

: I understand "out of pocket" the same way your other family member does: as describing casual outlays of cash or small expenditures, small in relation to bigger budget items. But, then, I too continually scrutinize everything.

It has another meaning. Out of pocket means something like out of communication, out of range. If I find something more specific, I'll post it.

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