bail out
verb- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
- To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
- To rescue, especially financially. · Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.
- To exit an aircraft while in flight. · Make sure your parachute harness is securely fastened before you bail out!
- To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something). · I'm going to bail out of class today.· She's bailing out on the project.
- To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties. · When I got arrested, she bailed out on me.
- To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. · I'm going to bail out of stocks and buy gold instead.
- To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply.
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