Multiple choice

Directions: Find the statement where the given word hasn't been used correctly.

POCKET

  1. The speaker asked the audience to put their hands into their pockets and support the charity.

  2. Pocket all the lines given to you.

  3. He pocketed his pride and apologized.

  4. Those two are always together and live in each other's pockets.

  5. There are pockets of resistance here and there.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

For option (1) the expression implies to give money, especially generously. For option (3), the expression used is 'to conceal or hold back the feeling'. For option (4), the expression implied is 'to be too dependent on each other'. For option (2) 'pocket all the lines given to you' is grammatically correct, but we pocket physical things like cash, money, etc. and not abstract quantities. Thus option (2) is incorrect usage of the term pocket.

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