To empty water from a boat using a small container
To escape from a plane by parachute
To give money to a court when someone is allowed to stay out of prison while they wait for their trial
To help a person or organization that is having problems, especially financial problems
To leave a project, situation, or relationship, especially when it becomes difficult
And then, because of the FDIC, the taxpayers had to bail out the banks.
Investors bailed out of high-tech stocks as prices plunged.
My father got a lawyer and bailed me out.
The government has already bailed the project out once before.
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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