have deep pockets

have deep pockets

To have a lot of money, or access to a lot of money. You will need to have deep pockets to turn this shabby old building into an attractive store.

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have deep pockets

COMMON If a person or organization has deep pockets, they have a lot of money. The church will do anything to avoid scandal — and everyone knows it has deep pockets. Note: You can also talk about people or organizations with deep pockets or use deep pockets on its own with the same meaning. They needed to find investors with deep pockets. What they lacked in military power, they made up for in deep pockets.

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have deep pockets

have large financial resources. informal

1998 Spectator In any case, it was never in any danger of going out of business…there were several other putative proprietors with deep pockets waiting in the wings.

See also: deep, have, pocket