"feel someone's collar" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: feels someone's collar [present, singular, third-person], feeling someone's collar [participle, present], felt someone's collar [participle, past], felt someone's collar [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|feel<,,felt> someone's collar}} 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. (British, informal) To arrest someone. Tags: British, informal
    Sense id: en-feel_someone's_collar-en-verb-auyIuIRV Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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