Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feel someone's collar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
feel -some-one's -col-lar
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To arrest someone.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the image of an arresting police officer holding a suspect by the collar.

Usage

Inflected Forms

feels someone's collar (present, singular) feeling someone's collar (participle, present) felt someone's collar (participle, past) felt someone's collar (past)

Questions

What does feel someone's collar mean?
To arrest someone.
Where does feel someone's collar come from?
From the image of an arresting police officer holding a suspect by the collar.

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