Collocations for pocket - noun

bulging
tourists with bulging pockets

deep | zipped | coat, jacket, shirt, trouser, waistcoat, etc. | back, breast, hip, inner, inside, outer, top | door, seat
Please read the safety leaflet in the seat pocket in front of you. (= on a plane)

secret
Forged passports were found in a secret pocket in the suitcase.

feel in, fish in, fumble in, go through, rummage in, search
He went through all his pockets looking for his key.

reach in
She reached in her pocket and pulled out her phone.

dip into
(figurative) Once again club members have had to dip into their pockets (= spend their own money) to buy new equipment.

fish/get/pull/take sth from/out of
I fished the number out of my pocket and dialled.

empty, turn out
The security guard made them empty their pockets.

put/stuff/thrust sth in/into
She stuffed the money into her pocket and walked out. | He walked past with his collar turned up and his hands thrust into his pockets.

fill, stuff
We filled our pockets with apples.

line
(figurative) Dishonest officials have been lining their pockets with public funds.

pick
He caught a boy trying to pick his pocket on the bus.

bulge
My pockets were bulging with loose change.

lining

in the/your ~
My wallet was in the back pocket of my jeans.

out of the/your ~
He took a few coins out of his pocket.

hands in pockets
He stood there, hands in pockets.

the lining of a pocket

small | isolated

a pocket of resistance
Government forces are mopping up the last pockets of resistance.