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put your hand in your pocket

to give money to charity (= organizations that collect money to give to poor people, ill people etc.). People are more inclined to put their hands in their pockets to help children.

See also: hand, pocket

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put hand in pocket
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put head/neck on the block
put heads together
put heart and soul into
put heart into
put house in order
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