To be arrested or jumped. Any thing that may hold you up. An inconvenience may be refered to as a Hem Up.
Also to fix the hemline on the bottom of a dress or pair of pants. Shortenting a dress or pair of pants.
"Man, I got hemmed up last night, and pigs took the sack I just got!"
"These suckas hemmed me up and jacked my wallet and gold chain."
"Sorry I couldn't make it last night, I got all hemmed up at work, and didnt get out of there till midnight."
by JGSR April 1, 2006
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To physically treat someone like a child by grabbing, tossing, and abusing them in a fight.
- That man got Hemmed Up last night.
- That nigga Greg hemmed his ass up like a little child!
by Dmorus June 22, 2019
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Means to be set up by a person or at the wrong place to be hemmed up .
She went to the city to visit grandma and got hemmed up by ppl she didn’t know
by Watchurself May 17, 2021
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To physically treat someone like a child by grabbing, tossing, and abusing them in an fight.
- That man got Hemmed Up in that fight.
- That nigga Greg hemmed his ass up like he was a child at that party!
by Dmorus June 22, 2019
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IN BRIEF: Caught, caught up, cornered, held up, trapped, etc.
They got my homey hemmed up and they all around
Ain't none of them seeing if they going straight pound for pound
I gotta come up real quick before they start to clown
I best pull out my strap and lay them busters down

NATE DOGG, from the song "Regulate" with Warren G.
by Mr. Terrence L. Trezvant May 16, 2008
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A tie up as in handcuffs. To end up caught or something/someone who get's you caught.
He wanted to smoke in his room, but i told him that is a hem up because his mom could walk in at any time.
by Frosty Kittens October 18, 2010
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Detained by law enforcement. Handcuffed. Zip-tied with hands behind your back.
Look at those poor bastards. Down on their asses, hemmed up on the curb. Ha, better them than us, eh bro?
by jimmy da prick March 13, 2017
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