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bail out

alt. 1 (context transitive English) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money. 2 (context transitive nautical English) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out. 3 (context transitive idiomatic English) To rescue, especially financially. 4 (context intransitive with '''of''' English) To exit an aircraft while in flight. 5 (context intransitive idiomatic slang with '''of''' English) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable. 6 (context intransitive idiomatic colloquial with '''of''' English) To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. 7 (context intransitive with '''of''' English) To make a unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an http://en.wikipedi

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  2. 1 (context transitive English) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money. 2 (context transitive nautical English) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out. 3 (context transitive idiomatic English) To rescue, especially financially. 4 (context intransitive with '''of''' English) To exit an aircraft while in flight. 5 (context intransitive idiomatic slang with '''of''' English) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable. 6 (context intransitive idiomatic colloquial with '''of''' English) To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, et

  3. 7 (context intransitive with '''of''' English) To make a unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative%20air%20source.

WordNet
bail out

  1. v. free on bail

  2. remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side [syn: bale out]

Usage examples of "bail out".

That raised a cheer in the room, though everyone, from Kelso down to the greenest enlisted man, knew that taking out only two missiles from that swarm was about as effective as trying to bail out a sinking battleship with a spoon.

Now I bail out Jackie, I'm liable to have the police on me again, huh?

Then, for reasons we aren't sure of, Mo decides to bail out and turn evidence against the good reverend.

Well, I guess we'll have to bail out the boat right after breakfast and start for home.

Sure, but I had to bail out Dunross because, without him, Gornt would have squeezed us dry-and maybe everyone else.

You should also be able to give bread to bust trusts set up to bail out heads unable to get up the ransom money the whisky lush courts demand.

If worst came to worst, I could cover my bail out of my own pocket.

Or one of the ice walkers will start hiking away across the glaciers, forcing its passengers to bail out and walk back to the valley.