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I'm afraid I'm going to have to buck the trend here and support this imaginative neophraseologism, which was clearly coined with a view to tying up both the familiar meaning of the term (noting that if you go on vacation, you'll surely be out of pocket, from a pecuniary perspective), and its implicit subsidiary sense, viz. the opposite of 'in each other's pockets' (so, while on vacation, you'll be physically, socially and professionally separated from your colleagues, thus affording all concerned temporary respite from each other's regular claustrophobic company).
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Out of pocket Hyla 06/25/01 07:15 PM Re: Out of pocket jimthedog 06/25/01 07:32 PM Re: Out of pocket Anonymous 06/25/01 07:33 PM Re: Out of pocket inselpeter 06/26/01 04:11 AM Re: Out of pocket belligerentyouth 06/26/01 08:33 AM Re: Out of pocket maverick 06/26/01 11:56 AM Re: Out of pocket wwh 06/26/01 01:03 PM Re: Out of pocket wow 06/26/01 02:39 PM Re: Out of pocket Rusty 06/27/01 06:00 AM Re: Out of pocket Faldage 06/27/01 11:36 AM Re: Out of pocket Flatlander 06/27/01 04:41 PM Re: Out of pocket Faldage 06/27/01 04:47 PM Re: Out of pocket wwh 06/27/01 05:08 PM Re: Out of pocket Flatlander 06/28/01 12:01 PM
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