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collared up

collared up is the simple past and past participle of collar up.

Meaning of collar up

Verb

collar up (third-person singular simple present collars up, present participle collaring up, simple past and past participle collared up)

  1. (transitive) To apply a harness to a horse.
  2. (transitive) To put a collar on a dog (a band or chain around an animal's neck).
  3. (intransitive, e.g., a drill) To build up a lip or collar around a hole.
  4. (intransitive) To raise the collar on a shirt or jacket (the part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat).
  5. (intransitive) To engage in a collar trade (taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices).
  6. (intransitive, transitive) To arrest (someone); to arrest one or more people.

Questions about collared up

What is collared up the simple past and past participle of?
Collared up is the simple past and past participle of collar up.

Words near collared up in the dictionary

  1. collared peccaries
  2. collared peccary
  3. collared pratincole
  4. collared pratincoles
  5. collared the bowling
  6. collared up
  7. Collarenebri
  8. collaret
  9. collareth
  10. collarets
  11. collarette

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