hem up (English, verb)
expansion: hem up (third-person singular simple present hems up, present participle hemming up, simple past and past participle hemmed up)
Senses:
glosses: To restrain (a person) by grabbing their collar.
tags: informal
transitive
glosses: To arrest or lock up.
tags: slang
transitive
Forms:
form: hems up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hemming up
tags: participle
present
form: hemmed up
tags: participle
past
form: hemmed up
tags: past