- bail (out) on someone
- in. to depart and leave someone behind; to abandon someone.□ Bob bailed out on me and left me to take all the blame.
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
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bail out — bail (someone) out to help someone out of a difficult situation by providing money. When the airlines began to fail, they asked the government to bail them out. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of bail out (= to use a container to remove… … New idioms dictionary
bail out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money. [V n P of n] They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump... [V P n (not pron)] He desperately needed cash to bail out… … English dictionary
bail out — /ˌbeɪl aυt/ verb 1. to rescue a company which is in financial difficulties 2. ♦ to bail someone out to pay money to a court as a guarantee that someone will return to face charges ● She paid $3,000 to bail him out. ▪▪▪ ‘…the government has… … Dictionary of banking and finance
bail out — phrasal verb Word forms bail out : present tense I/you/we/they bail out he/she/it bails out present participle bailing out past tense bailed out past participle bailed out 1) [transitive] to help a person or organization that is having problems,… … English dictionary
bail (out) — in. to resign or leave; to get free of someone or something. □ I can’t take any more. I’m going to bail out. □ Albert bailed just before he got fired … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bail out on — verb To abandon, or stop supporting someone or something. Syn: leave in the lurch, walk out on … Wiktionary
bail someone out — bail (someone) out to help someone out of a difficult situation by providing money. When the airlines began to fail, they asked the government to bail them out. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of bail out (= to use a container to remove… … New idioms dictionary
bail someone out — bail something out the state was called in to bail out the foundering housing project Syn: rescue, save, relieve; finance, help (out), assist, aid; informal save someone s bacon/neck/skin … Thesaurus of popular words
bail — bail1 [beıl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: keeping someone as a prisoner , from baillier to deliver, keep as a prisoner , from Medieval Latin bajulare to control , from Latin bajulus someone who carries loads ] 1.) [U] money left with … Dictionary of contemporary English
bail — 1 noun (U) 1 money left with a court of law to prove that a prisoner will return when their trial 1 (1) starts: release sb on bail/grant sb bail (=let someone out of prison when bail is paid): She was released on bail of $5000. | be on bail (=be… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
