hem up

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To restrain (a person) by grabbing their collar. informal,transitive
    — Taking him home she hemmed him up soon as they stepped in the door. Now Tony was a bad dude in the streets but when it came to his mama, he was a punk. A few cuss words on her part had him spilling everything.
  2. To arrest or lock up. slang,transitive
    — The last thing you want is to get hemmed up in prison.

词形变化

hems up present,singular,third-person hemming up participle,present hemmed up participle,past hemmed up past
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