collar

collar (someone)

1. To detain or restrain someone, either physically or figuratively. Likened to grabbing someone by the collar. I was trying to get out of the office early, but my boss collared me on my way out. I spent all afternoon running around collaring the kids to bring them in for supper. I thought I'd be able to sneak out of the assembly, but one of the nuns collared me and pulled me back inside.
2. Of police, to arrest or detain someone, such as a suspect of a crime. Police were able to collar the suspect after he fled down one of the neighborhood's back alleys.
See also: collar
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

collar

1. tv. to arrest someone. (see also collared.) The cops collared her as she was leaving the hotel.
2. n. an arrest. It was a tough collar, with all the screaming and yelling.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a righteous collar
  • against the collar
  • black-collar worker
  • black-collar workers
  • blue collar
  • blue-collar staff
  • blue-collar worker
  • collar
  • collar (someone)
  • collar-and-tie men
  • collared
  • dog collar
  • feel (one's) collar
  • feel someone's collar
  • get hot under the collar
  • have (one's) collar felt
  • have (one's) collar touched
  • hot
  • hot under the collar
  • hot under the collar, to be
  • make (one) hot under the collar
  • pink-collar
  • righteous collar
  • white-collar
  • white-collar staff
  • white-collar worker
  • work up to the collar
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Victims included Nugget, a threeyear-old tortoiseshell cat who suffered weeks of agony due to a large wound in her armpit caused by getting her leg stuck in her collar.
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