bail out on en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, transitive) To abandon (someone or something).
But he's just kind of jumped ship. He's bailed out on Basingstoke as a town without even warning us.
2004 December 11, Faisal al Yafai, Owen Bowcott and Michael White, “Meet the DUP's new MP ... for Basingstoke”, in The Guardian, page Politics:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bails out on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bailing out on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bailed out on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bailed out on | Tense=Past | lexicographic |