bail up

Verb

 * 1)  To delay (someone) by talking to them.
 * I'm late because Debbie bailed me up on the phone.
 * 1)  For rocks, clay, etc. to build up around a drill.
 * 2)  To rob (someone).
 * They bailed me up for fifty bucks.
 * 1)  To corner (someone); to hold (someone) under threat of violence; for dogs to hold people or animals at bay.
 * 2)  To apply a bail to a cow (a frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding); to enter a bail.