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bail up

verb

  1. informal.
    to confine (a cow) or (of a cow) to be confined by the head in a bail See bail 3
  2. tr history (of a bushranger) to hold under guard in order to rob
  3. intr to submit to robbery without offering resistance
  4. informal.
    tr to accost or detain, esp in conversation; buttonhole
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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