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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
By the scruff
"Wayne Rooney tries to get the game by the scruff." (BBC Sport.)
What does it mean "to get the game by the scruff"?
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scruff means the skin at the back of the neck. Here is a photo of someone holding a dog by the scruff of its neck. html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=1TgA8m969yxMnM%253A%252CY_Ejd TG-3tOOM%252C &usg=__Dy2rfMq_7f2NT8hlm48g5HuvKcE%3D&biw=1440&bih=760&ved=0ahUKEwjlzdqtkMzTAhWm8YMKHQ5WAnkQyjcILw&ei=WtEFWeW4DKbjjwSOrInIBw#imgdii=UmzHntuSAjZNVM:&imgrc=1TgA8m969yxMnM: It's a way of completely controlling the dog.
- scruff means the skin at the back of the neck.
- Here is a photo of someone holding a dog by the scruff of its neck.
- html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=1TgA8m969yxMnM%253A%252CY_Ejd TG-3tOOM%252C &usg=__Dy2rfMq_7f2NT8hlm48g5HuvKcE%3D&biw=1440&bih=760&ved=0ahUKEwjlzdqtkMzTAhWm8YMKHQ5WAnkQyjcILw&ei=WtEFWeW4DKbjjwSOrInIBw#imgdii=UmzHntuSAjZNVM:&imgrc=1TgA8m969yxMnM: It's a way of completely controlling the dog.
- In your text, it means figuratively that Rooney tries to take complete control of the game.
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scruff means the skin at the back of the neck. Here is a photo of someone holding a dog by the scruff of its neck.
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