bail out

Meaning

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

Synonyms

fetch water

go bail for

dip up

make a parachute jump

put up bail for

scoop water out

throw water out

Translations

التخلص من مأزق

αποφυλακίζω επ’ εγγύηση

klein erscheinen lassen

βγάζω με εγγύηση

acovardir

se tirer

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