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Hemmed Up 

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."
Hemmed Up by JGSR April 22, 2006
Related Words
heemed up • hemmed up • hemed up • heemed • heemer • heened • hemmed • heeled • Heebed • heeded

hemmed up 

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.

Hemmed up 

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?
Hemmed up by jimmy da prick March 12, 2017

hemed up 

1. To confront someone
2. To charge someone up
1. That nigga was talking trash so I hemed him up
hemed up by Portia January 1, 2005

hemed up 

To be unable to go out and have fun with your boys because your girl says it's "me time."
"Dogg, I can't roll to Dream tonight, my stank ass girl got me hemed up again."
hemed up by Nuckra May 28, 2003

Hemmed Up 

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!
Hemmed Up by Dmorus June 21, 2019
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