English
Verb
bail out
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
- nautical To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
- To exit an aircraft while in flight.
#*2004, w: Chris Wallace (journalist)|Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
#*: Holmes bailed out of his fighter and parachuted onto an apartment house.
- idiom To rescue, especially financially.
#:''Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out
- slang To leave or not attend.
#:I'm going to bail out of class today.
Derived terms
bailout (noun)
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