collar
verb/ˈkɒlə(r)/
/ˈkɑːlər/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they collar | /ˈkɒlə(r)/ /ˈkɑːlər/ |
| he / she / it collars | /ˈkɒləz/ /ˈkɑːlərz/ |
| past simple collared | /ˈkɒləd/ /ˈkɑːlərd/ |
| past participle collared | /ˈkɒləd/ /ˈkɑːlərd/ |
| -ing form collaring | /ˈkɒlərɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːlərɪŋ/ |
- collar somebody to capture somebody and hold them tightly so that they cannot escape from you
- Police collared the culprit as he was leaving the premises.
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- collar somebody to stop somebody in order to talk to them
- I was collared in the street by a woman doing a survey.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French colier, from Latin collare ‘band for the neck, collar’, from collum ‘neck’.
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