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."