idiom · neutral
have deep pockets
UK/hæv diːp ˈpɒkɪts/US/hæv dip ˈpɑːkɪts/have·deep·POCK·ets
speakingtask2
to be very wealthy or to have a lot of money to spend
Examples
“Only companies with deep pockets can afford such large-scale advertising.”
“The film was funded by backers with deep pockets.”
“Start-ups often struggle to compete against rivals with deep pockets.”
Band 8 sentence
“Smaller rivals struggle to match the advertising budgets of multinational corporations that have deep pockets.”
Collocations
- companies with deep pockets
- backed by deep-pocketed investors
Word family
have deep pockets idiom/verb phrase
Common mistakes
He has deep pocket.→He has deep pockets.
He have deep pockets.→He has deep pockets.
Say it for a higher band
5rich→6well-off→7+have deep pockets
Synonyms
rich
Easily confused
money to burn
“Despite the recession, the conglomerate, with deep pockets, continued to buy smaller rivals.”
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