Meaning of bail up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To delay (someone) by talking to them.
   transitive
2. For rocks, clay, etc. to build up around a drill.
   intransitive
3. To rob (someone).
   Australia, transitive
4. To corner (someone); to hold (someone) under threat of violence; for dogs to hold people or animals at bay.
   Australia, transitive
5. To apply a bail to a cow (a frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding); to enter a bail.
   Australia, transitive

Examples

“I'm late because Debbie bailed me up on the phone.”

“They bailed me up for fifty bucks.”

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