collar up
C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To fold your coat collar up around your neck, usually to keep warm.
Literal meaning: Fully transparent: to put one's collar in the 'up' position.
Meanings
1 C1 informal
To raise the collar of a coat or jacket upward, for warmth or as a style choice.
"He collared up as he stepped out into the freezing evening air."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Rarely used as a fixed phrasal verb; more commonly expressed as 'turn your collar up' or 'pop your collar'. 'Collar up' is sometimes used as a command or description in British English. Also appears as an adjective ('collar-up style').
Commonly used with
coat jacket wind cold trench coat style
Forms
Base
collar up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
collars up
he/she/it
Past simple
collared up
yesterday
Past participle
collared up
have + pp
-ing form
collaring up
continuous
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