collar
noun
the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
has collared
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present perfectof collar (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She notes that the team has collared only perhaps 2 percent to 5 percent of the island’s total population of raccoons and opossums.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 20, 2023
Everatt has collared Culu, but standing on top of his vehicle with an antenna listening for a radio beep, he found the lion elusive this time.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2018
Schulte has collared a quarter of West Germany's $200 million shirt market.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inspector Field's hand is the well-known hand that has collared half the people here, and motioned their brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, male and female friends, inexorably to New South Wales.
From Reprinted Pieces by Dickens, Charles
The press has collared Sally Hancock and all her gang!
From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
