bail up

English

Verb

bail up (third-person singular simple present bails up, present participle bailing up, simple past and past participle bailed up)

1. (transitive) To delay (someone) by talking to them.

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

2. (intransitive) For rocks, clay, etc. to build up around a drill.
3. (transitive, Australia) To rob (someone).

   They bailed me up for fifty bucks.

4. (transitive, Australia) To corner (someone); to hold (someone) under threat of violence; for dogs to hold people or animals at bay.
5. (transitive, Australia) To apply a bail to a cow (a frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding); to enter a bail.
6. Misspelling of bale up.