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bail out
verb
(intr) to make an emergency parachute jump from an aircraft
informal(tr) to help (a person, organization, etc) out of a predicament
the government bailed the company out
informal(intr) to escape from a predicament
Idioms and Phrases
Empty water out of a boat, usually by dipping with a bucket or other container. For example, We had to keep bailing out water from this leaky canoe . [Early 1600s]
Rescue someone in an emergency, especially a financial crisis of some kind, as in They were counting on an inheritance to bail them out . [ Colloquial ; 1900s]
Jump out of an airplane, using a parachute. For example, When the second engine sputtered, the pilot decided to bail out . [c. 1930]
Give up on something, abandon a responsibility, as in The company was not doing well, so John decided to bail out while he could still find another job . [Second half of 1900s]
See make bail .
Example Sentences
The bunkers are not designed to be a bail out.
It means the bank will be under full private ownership, almost two decades after it was bailed out by the taxpayer amid the 2008 financial crisis.
Pakistan has been prone to persistently seeking the IMF's help – getting bailed out 24 times since 1958 – without undertaking meaningful reforms to improve public governance.
Saudi Arabia has loaned billions of dollars to Pakistan to bail out the country during economic crises over the years.
"I was bailing out of shots. I was having to play a different game that I didn't enjoy and it didn't feel like I could express myself, so it got really tough."
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