Meaning of bail out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
   transitive
2. To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
   transitive
3. To rescue, especially financially.
   idiomatic, transitive
4. To exit an aircraft while in flight.
   intransitive, usually, with-of
5. To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).
   idiomatic, intransitive, slang
6. To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties.
   idiomatic, intransitive, slang, with-on
7. To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc.
   colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive, with-of
8. To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply.
   intransitive, with-of
9. To fail badly; to fall off a skateboard.
   idiomatic, transitive
10. To abandon one's surfboard when faced with a large or perilous wave.
    idiomatic, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“But it passed, leaving us up to our knees in water. 'Bail out! bail out!' shouted Job, suiting the action to the word.”

“Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.”

“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.”

“Make sure your parachute harness is securely fastened before you bail out!”

“Holmes bailed out of his fighter and parachuted onto an apartment house.”

“I'm going to bail out of class today.”

“She's bailing out on the project.”

“When I got arrested, she bailed out on me.”

“I'm going to bail out of stocks and buy gold instead.”

CEFR level