bail up
Britishverb
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informal to confine (a cow) or (of a cow) to be confined by the head in a bail See bail 3
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(tr) history (of a bushranger) to hold under guard in order to rob
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(intr) to submit to robbery without offering resistance
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informal (tr) to accost or detain, esp in conversation; buttonhole
Example Sentences
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He was released on unsecured bail, meaning he was not required to pay his bail up front, common for misdemeanors in Pennsylvania.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2023
“We put calls out last night trying to put bail up for the guy,” Bannon said the next morning on his “War Room” podcast.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2022
She could frighten a wildish cow and bail up anything that would stay in a yard with her.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf
The men came; they arrived within about fifteen yards when I stepped up and said, 'Stand! bail up!'
From Following the Equator, Part 4 by Twain, Mark
The ghosts would then begin to bail up water out of the sea to empty it in the boat.
From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa
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