"out of one's own pocket" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} out of one's own pocket, {{en-PP}} out of one's own pocket
  1. (figuratively) Using one's own funds. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: out of pocket Related terms: out-of-pocket Translations (using one's own funds): omasta taskustaan (Finnish), payer de sa poche (French), z kieszeni (Polish)
    Sense id: en-out_of_one's_own_pocket-en-prep_phrase-HKquhokx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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