bail up

retenir pour parler

Arrêter quelqu’un et lui parler longuement, surtout alors qu’il souhaite partir.

En anglais simple : To stop someone and keep talking to them, especially when they want to leave.

• He bailed me up for a chat.
• Our neighbor always bails visitors up at the gate.
• I was late because a colleague bailed me up.

Comment l'utiliser : bail someone up (A neighbor bailed me up outside the shop.)

Synonymes : buttonhole, corner

Expressions courantes : bail up someone, bail up colleagues

acculer, tenir en respect

Empêcher une personne ou un animal de s’échapper en l’encerclant ou en menaçant de l’attaquer.

En anglais simple : To prevent a person or animal from escaping by surrounding them or threatening to attack.

• The dogs bailed up a wild pig.
• An armed man bailed him up in the alley.
• The hunter found a deer bailed up by dogs.

Comment l'utiliser : bail someone/something up (The dogs bailed the boar up against a fence.)

Synonymes : corner, hold at bay

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : bail up someone, bail up animals

immobiliser une vache

Maintenir une vache dans un dispositif qui l’empêche de bouger, généralement pour la traire.

En anglais simple : To hold a cow in a frame so it cannot move, usually for milking.

• We bail up the cows for milking.
• The farmer bailed up the nervous cow.
• Have you bailed the cattle up yet?

Comment l'utiliser : bail something up (The farmer bailed the cow up before milking.)

Synonymes : confine, restrain

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : bail up cattle, bail up something

braquer, dévaliser

Forcer quelqu’un à donner son argent ou ses affaires.

En anglais simple : To force someone to give you their money or belongings.

• They bailed him up and took his wallet.
• The gang bailed up travelers on the road.
• She told police that someone had bailed her up.

Comment l'utiliser : bail someone up (Two armed men bailed him up near the station.)

Synonymes : rob, hold up

Expressions courantes : bail up someone, bail up travelers

s'accumuler autour du foret

Se dit d’argile ou de fragments de roche qui s’accumulent autour d’un foret et le bloquent.

En anglais simple : If clay or broken rock does this, it collects around a drill and blocks it.

• The clay began to bail up.
• Loose rock bailed up around the drill.
• Does this material bail up during drilling?

Comment l'utiliser : bail up around something (Wet clay can bail up around the drill bit.)

Synonymes : accumulate, build up

Expressions courantes : bail up underground, bail up badly