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out of collar

out of collar prepositional phrase: unemployed; out of work.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic, slang) Unemployed; out of work.
    Synonyms:
    out of harness
    Antonyms:
    in collar

Synonyms of out of collar

Antonyms

Questions about out of collar

What does out of collar mean?
Out of collar means unemployed; out of work.
What part of speech is out of collar?
Out of collar is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of collar in the dictionary

  1. out of bounds
  2. out of breath
  3. out of business
  4. out of central casting
  5. out of character
  6. out of collar
  7. out of commission
  8. out of conceit with
  9. out of condition
  10. out of context
  11. out of control

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