The in-between stages and styles, such as 5 o 'clock shadows or week-old scruff, are fine for some workplaces and forbidden in others.
The only sound was the soft scruff of their feet upon the steps.
take a person by the scruff of the neck
Reaching over the arm of my chair I shake Manfred by the scruff of his neck.
If you want your cat to know you're upset that he just peed on the rug, do what his mom would do: Gently pick him up by the scruff of his neck and growl.
And, now that it's clear that Greece should never have been allowed through the door in the first place, the bouncers should grab the nation by the scruff of its indebted neck and toss it out.
