feel someone's collar in 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the image of an arresting police officer holding a suspect by the collar. 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)

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        "To arrest someone."
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        "(British, informal, idiomatic) To arrest someone."
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{
  "etymology_text": "From the image of an arresting police officer holding a suspect by the collar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feels someone's collar",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "felt someone's collar",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "felt someone's collar",
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      ]
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        "To arrest someone."
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        "(British, informal, idiomatic) To arrest someone."
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"feel someone's collar" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms