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bail out - definition and meaning
Definitions
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- verb transitive To
secure the release of anarrested person by providing bail money. - verb transitive, nautical To remove
water from aboat byscooping it out. - verb transitive, idiomatic To
rescue , especiallyfinancially . - verb intransitive To
exit anaircraft while inflight . - verb intransitive, idiomatic, slang To
leave (or not attend at all) a place or asituation , especially quickly or when the situation has becomeundesirable . - verb intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial To
sell all or part of one'sholdings instocks ,real estate , abusiness , etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
- verb free on bail
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Words with the same meaning
- abet
- aid
- arise
- assist
- avail
- bear a hand
- befriend
- benefit
- break away
- break cover
- break forth
- break jail
- break loose
- burst forth
- come
- come forth
- come out
- comfort
- cut loose
- debouch
- deliver
- disembogue
- do good
- doctor
- ease
- effuse
- emanate
- emerge
- erupt
- escape
- escape prison
- evade
- extract
- extricate
- extrude
- favor
- flee
- fly the coop
- free
- get away
- get clear of
- get free
- get out
- get out of
- give a boost
- give a hand
- give a lift
- give help
- help
- issue
- issue forth
- jump
- jump out
- lend a hand
- lend one aid
- liberate
- make a getaway
- parachute
- proffer aid
- protect
- protrude
- rally
- ransom
- reclaim
- recover
- redeem
- release
- relieve
- remedy
- render assistance
- rescue
- restore
- resuscitate
- retrieve
- revive
- sally
- sally forth
- salvage
- save
- set free
- set up
- skip
- sky-dive
- slip the collar
- succor
- surface
- take in tow
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