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felt someone's collar

felt someone's collar is the simple past and past participle 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 felt someone's collar

What is felt someone's collar the simple past and past participle of?
Felt someone's collar is the simple past and past participle of feel someone's collar.

Words near felt someone's collar in the dictionary

  1. felt oneself
  2. felt out
  3. felt pen
  4. felt pens
  5. felt scale
  6. felt someone's collar
  7. felt sorry for
  8. felt ten feet tall
  9. felt the Bern
  10. felt the burn
  11. felt the pinch

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