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in collar

in collar prepositional phrase: synonym of in harness (“employed; at work”).

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic, slang) Synonym of in harness (“employed; at work”).
    • […] so the moment the site Foreman at Wheatfield Way gave Frank the nod we were back in collar, it had been well over four months, couldn't wait to get back to earn some money.2010, Patrick Shortle, Full Circle: An Autobiography, page 109
    Synonyms:
    in harness
    Antonyms:
    out of collar

Synonyms of in collar

Antonyms

Questions about in collar

What does in collar mean?
In collar means synonym of in harness (“employed; at work”).
What part of speech is in collar?
In collar is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in collar in the dictionary

  1. in close neighborhood
  2. in close neighbourhood
  3. in clover
  4. in cohorts
  5. in cold blood
  6. in collar
  7. in color
  8. in colour
  9. in command
  10. in common
  11. in company with

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