slip a collar
Frequency: 4.02.2 per million words
For an animal to get free from its collar.
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Examples (10)
- The dog slipped its collar and ran off into the park.
- Be careful, that clever cat knows how to slip its collar.
- During the fireworks, our frightened puppy managed to slip her collar.
- We need a tighter harness because he keeps trying to slip his collar.
- With a quick twist of its head, the greyhound slipped the collar and was gone.
- I was terrified when my new rescue dog almost slipped his collar near a busy street.
- The animal control officer said it's common for panicked animals to slip their collars.
- If a collar is too loose, even a calm dog might slip it accidentally.
- She has slipped her collar so many times that we now use a GPS tracker.
- The training focused on teaching him not to pull, so he wouldn't slip his collar.