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Bäder
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scruff [skrʌf] SUST.
scruff of neck:
scruff
by the scruff of the [or sb's] neck
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Ejemplos de uso en el diccionario PONS (revisados por la redacción)
by the scruff of the [or sb's] neck
Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)
It was a match crying out for someone to take it by the scruff of the neck, but that never really happened.
www.stuff.co.nz
She is an example of someone who took life by the scruff of the neck and lived it.
www.independent.ie
He took the race by the scruff of the neck.
en.wikipedia.org
We're waiting for someone to just grab this game by the scruff of the neck and make something happen.
www.dailymail.co.uk
And while some razor sales are declining the companies attribute it more to competition, as opposed to scruff.
www.thestar.com