hem up

verb

(transitive, informal) To restrain (a person) by grabbing their collar. / (transitive, slang) To arrest or lock up.

She used pins to hem up the dress.

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意味（1）

(transitive, informal) To restrain (a person) by grabbing their collar.

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.

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意味（2）

(transitive, slang) To arrest or lock up.

The last thing you want is to get hemmed up in prison.

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