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Meaning: (transitive)Tosecurethereleaseof anarrestedperson by providingbailmoney.; (transitive,nautical)Toremovewaterfrom aboatbyscoopingit out.1886October –1887January,H[enry] Rider Haggard,She: A History of Adventure, London:Longmans, Green, and Co., published1887,→OCLC:But it passed, leaving us up to our knees in water.'Bail out!bail out!' shouted Job, suiting the action to the word.; (transitive,idiomatic)Torescue, especiallyfinancially.Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had tobail it out.2012August 1, Owen Gibson,London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal[1], Guardian Unlimited:Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Afghanistan, is not the first soldier tobail outthe organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.; (intransitive,usually withof)Toexitanaircraftwhile inflight.Make sure your parachute harness is securely fastened before youbail out!2004,Chris Wallace,Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:Holmesbailed out ofhis fighter and parachuted onto an apartment house.; (intransitive,idiomatic,slang)Toleave(or not attend at all) a place or asituation, especiallyquicklyor when the situation has becomeundesirable; to abandon (something).I'm going tobail outof class today.She'sbailing outon the project.; (intransitive,idiomatic,slang,withon)To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties.When I got arrested, shebailed out onme.; (intransitive,idiomatic,colloquial,withof)Tosellall or part of one'sholdingsinstocks,real estate, abusiness, etc.I'm going tobail out ofstocks and buy gold instead.; (intransitive,withof)To make anunscheduledvoluntaryterminationof anunderwaterdive, usually implying the use of analternative breathing gas supply.; (transitive,idiomatic,skateboarding)To fail badly; to fall off a skateboard.; (intransitive,idiomatic,surfing)To abandon one's surfboard when faced with a large or perilous wave.
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