collar up

verb

To apply a harness to a horse.

Meanings

verbcollar up (third-person singular simple present collars up, present participle collaring up, simple past and past participle collared up)

present singular third person collars up · participle present collaring up · participle past collared up · past collared up

  1. transitiveequestrianismTo apply a harness to a horse.
  2. transitiveTo put a collar on a dog (a band or chain around an animal's neck).
  3. intransitivee.g.; a drill; e.g.; a drillTo build up a lip or collar around a hole.
  4. intransitiveTo raise the collar on a shirt or jacket (the part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat).
  5. intransitiveTo engage in a collar trade (taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices).
  6. intransitivetransitiveTo arrest (someone); to arrest one or more people.
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