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Definition of bail up
bail up
verb
- to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. Usually used in reference to Australian bushrangers. Possible origin: to place a cow in bails prior to milking.
He tried to bail up a traveller en route to the diggings.
- See more words with the same meaning: to halt.
Last edited on May 06 2011. Submitted by Chippy from Australia on Mar 04 1998.
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Other terms relating to 'bail': | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon. | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to not appear as required as a condition of bail. | |
| Definitions include: to not appear as required as a condition of bail. | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: stupid. | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
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