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against the collar

against the collar prepositional phrase: in a tight spot.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, idiomatic) In a tight spot.

against the collar meaning in Bengali

against the collar in Bengali

কঠিন পরিস্থিতিতে

Questions about against the collar

What does against the collar mean?
Against the collar means in a tight spot.
What is against the collar in Bengali?
Against the collar in Bengali is কঠিন পরিস্থিতিতে. See Against the collar meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is against the collar?
Against the collar is a prepositional phrase.

Words near against the collar in the dictionary

  1. against all odds
  2. against nature
  3. against one's better judgment
  4. against someone's will
  5. against the clock
  6. against the collar
  7. against the grain
  8. against the hair
  9. against the law
  10. against the run of play
  11. against the world

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Adapted from Wiktionary: against the collar (page history and authors); against the collar (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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