"out of pocket" (= not reachable)

[sagehen]

Steve Boatti wrote:
 >No one seems to remember that it originally meant "lacking money."
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Not "lacking money," just paying for it out of one's own resources, instead
of on an expense account or qualifying for reimbursement.
That, to me, suggests a possible path of  development:  being on one's own
-> being OFF on one's own -> being out of reach.
A. Murie