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bail up

bail up


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
Australia force somebody to have conversation: to stop a person in order to speak to him or her, often in a situation where that person does not want to be stopped or spoken to ( slang )
I was hoping I wouldn't have to speak to him, but he bailed me up as I was leaving.

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