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feeling someone's collar

feeling someone's collar is the present participle and gerund of feel someone's collar.

Meaning of feel someone's collar

Verb

feel someone's collar (third-person singular simple present feels someone's collar, present participle feeling someone's collar, simple past and past participle felt someone's collar)

  1. (UK, idiomatic, informal) To arrest someone.
    • If you carry on like that, the law will soon be feeling your collar.

Questions about feeling someone's collar

What is feeling someone's collar the present participle and gerund of?
Feeling someone's collar is the present participle and gerund of feel someone's collar.

Words near feeling someone's collar in the dictionary

  1. feeling one's legs
  2. feeling one's oats
  3. feeling one's way
  4. feeling oneself
  5. feeling out
  6. feeling someone's collar
  7. feeling sorry for
  8. feeling ten feet tall
  9. feeling the Bern
  10. feeling the burn
  11. feeling the pinch

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