by the scruff of somebody's neck

by the scruff of somebody's neck
by the scruff of the/sb's ˈneck idiom
roughly holding the back of an animal's or person's neck

She grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and threw him out.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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