English
bail out
Verb

bail out

  1. (transitive) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
  2. (transitive, nautical) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To rescue, especially financially.
    Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.
  4. (intransitive, with of) To exit an aircraft while in flight.
    • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
      Holmes bailed out of his fighter and parachuted onto an apartment house.
  5. (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, with of) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable.
    I'm going to bail out of class today.
  6. (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, with of) 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.
  7. (intransitive, with of) To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply.
Translations
  • French: cautionner
  • German: gegen Bürgschaft freibekommen, durch Kaution freibekommen
Translations Translations
  • French: sauter
  • German: abspringen , sich mit dem Schleudersitz retten
  • Spanish: saltar (del avión)
Translations
  • French: renflouer
  • German: retten, aus der Patsche helfen
  • Spanish: sacar de un apuro
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