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bail out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
2. (transitive) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
   • But it passed, leaving us up to our knees in water. 'Bail out! bail out!' shouted Job, suiting the action to the word. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
3. (idiomatic, transitive) To rescue, especially financially.
   • Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Afghanistan, is not the first soldier to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated. 2012 August 1, Owen Gibson, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal, Guardian Unlimited:
   • Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.
4. (intransitive, usually, with-of) To exit an aircraft while in flight.
   • Make sure your parachute harness is securely fastened before you bail out!
   • Holmes bailed out of his fighter and parachuted onto an apartment house. 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage, →ISBN, page 308:
5. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).
   • She's bailing out on the project.
   • I'm going to bail out of class today.
6. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang, with-on) To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties.
   • When I got arrested, she bailed out on me.
7. (colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive, with-of) To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc.
   • I'm going to bail out of stocks and buy gold instead.
8. (intransitive, with-of) To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply.
9. (idiomatic, transitive) To fail badly; to fall off a skateboard.
10. (idiomatic, intransitive) To abandon one's surfboard when faced with a large or perilous wave.

Forms

Deriveds

bail-out · bailout

Hyponyms

eject (leave an aircraft while in flight)

Translations (84)

es pagar la fianza (To secure the release of an arrested person) · hu óvadékot fizet (To secure the release of an arrested person) · fr se tailler (To leave or not attend) · gl rescatar (To rescue, especially financially) · hu elhúz (To leave or not attend) · es achicar (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · fr écoper (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · sv ösa ut (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · ga taosc (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · ro o șterge (To leave or not attend) · sh vaditi vodu (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · bg черпя вода (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · fr se tirer (To leave or not attend) · sh ostaviti na cjedilu (To abandon someone) · fi äyskäröidä (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · de aus der Patsche helfen (To rescue, especially financially) · bg пускам под гаранция (To secure the release of an arrested person) · hu lóg (To leave or not attend) · bg омитам се (To leave or not attend) · fi pelastaa (To rescue, especially financially) · sh platiti kauciju (To secure the release of an arrested person) · de durch Kaution freibekommen (To secure the release of an arrested person) · de aussteigen (To leave or not attend) · lv izsmelt (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · mi ipuipu (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · ro but see goli de apă (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · sh dignuti sidro (To leave or not attend) · fr cautionner (To secure the release of an arrested person) · es saltar (del avión) (To exit an aircraft while in flight) · hu magára hagy (To abandon someone) · sh izlijevati vodu (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · es sacar de un apuro (financiero) (To rescue, especially financially) · fi maksaa takuut (To secure the release of an arrested person) · ro chiuli (To leave or not attend) · hu cserbenhagy (To abandon someone) · gl chicar (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · izh lunastaa (To secure the release of an arrested person) · ro lăsa baltă (To abandon someone) · hu kimerez (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · sh iznevjeriti (To abandon someone) · bg изчезвам (To leave or not attend) · de ausschöpfen (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · ro lăsa la greu (To abandon someone) · ro scoate apa (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · sh izbacivati vodu (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · ro o tuli (To leave or not attend) · ca caucionar (To secure the release of an arrested person) · ru сва́ливать (To leave or not attend) · ru вычёрпывать (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · cs vyskočit (To exit an aircraft while in flight) · ru свали́ть (To leave or not attend) · cs zaplatit kauci (To secure the release of an arrested person) · fi hypätä (To exit an aircraft while in flight) · bg зарязвам (To abandon someone) · sh pobjeći (To leave or not attend) · de freikaufen (To secure the release of an arrested person) · cmn 救市 (To rescue, especially financially) · es largarse (To leave or not attend) · bg оставям в беда (To abandon someone) · fr mettre les bouts (To leave or not attend) · fr déguerpir (To leave or not attend) · bg духвам (To leave or not attend) · mi ipu (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · bg изчерпвам вода (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · ru вы́черпать (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · de schöpfen (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · hu kauciót fizet (To secure the release of an arrested person) · gl achicar (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · de sich mit dem Schleudersitz retten (To exit an aircraft while in flight) · sh pustiti uz kauciju (To secure the release of an arrested person) · de abspringen (To exit an aircraft while in flight) · es (rescatar / auxiliar / socorrer (To rescue, especially financially) · fr sauter (To exit an aircraft while in flight) · ga taom (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · sh izvući se (To leave or not attend) · hu lelép (To leave or not attend) · lv bastot (To leave or not attend) · hu kimer vízet (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) · de retten (To rescue, especially financially) · de gegen Bürgschaft freibekommen (To secure the release of an arrested person) · fr renflouer (To rescue, especially financially) · fi livistää (To leave or not attend) · fr se barrer (To leave or not attend) · ro elibera/pune în libertate pe cauțiune (To secure the release of an arrested person)