feel someone's collar

== English == === Etymology === From the image of an arresting police officer holding a suspect by the collar. === Verb === 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) (British, informal, idiomatic) To arrest someone. ==== Usage notes ==== Very commonly found in passive voice. John had his collar felt yesterday.