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go bail en · X

Meanings

  1. To pay bail in order to get an accused defendant out of jail after an arrest or pending trial or appeal.
  2. (figuratively) To be certain; to be sure of something.
    • "No, young fellah my lad, there is no use deceiving yourself. I'll go bail for it that nothing has ever been written upon this paper." 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC: