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Bailed

Bail \Bail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bailed (b[=a]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Bailing.]

  1. To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.

    Buckets . . . to bail out the water.
    --Capt. J. Smith.

  2. To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.

    By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out.
    --R. H. Dana, Jr.

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bailed

vb. (en-past of: bail)

Usage examples of "bailed".

He'd bailed her out of jail, and Natalie still couldn't help wondering why.

He'd bailed her out of jail and she was grateful to him for that, although she still suspected he had an ulterior motive.

She glanced around, wondering what people might think if they saw them together and recognized them--the woman a of murdering Anthony Bishop, and Anthony Bishop's brother, the man who had bailed her out of jail.

She only knew that he was Anthony's brother and that he had bailed her daughter out of jail.

If you bailed me out of jail so that I could lead you to the diamonds, don't you think Russo thought the same thing?

But when he'd bailed her out of jail, he'd been so sure he could protect her.

But Jager had jettisoned spit and polish when he bailed out of his killed Panzer III.

The five-man crew bailed out seconds before the tank's ammunition began cooking off.

But when the Big Uglies blew the turret off his landcruiser, he'd bailed out of the driver's escape hatch into a particularly radioactive patch of mud.

Abe wasn't in his office-he'd bailed out for the day and gone sailing in Puget Sound with some Richie Rich friends.

The azi driver bailed out while it was still moving and raced for the hatch, pelted aboard.

They've been told for years that the Northern Guard is a ragtag outfit of herders who had to be bailed out by the Lord-Protector.

And, sir, I didn't ask for that the last three times I've bailed out Lanachrona.