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bail 2, verb (oh)



2 v
[Sense: 1-2, 4-6; Date: 1600-1700; Origin: bail 'container for liquids' (15-19 centuries), from Old French baille, from Medieval Latin bajula, from Latin bajulus ( BAIL1); bail out]
[Sense: 3; Origin: BAIL1]
also bail out
AmE bale out BrE [I] informal to escape from a situation that you do not want to be in any more
::After ten years in the business, McArthur is baling out.
::I don't know anybody at this party - let's bail.
[T usually passive] BrE if someone is bailed, they are let out of prison to wait for their trial after they have left a sum of money with the court
::Dakers was bailed to appear at Durham Crown Court.
bail out phr v
bail sb/sth ¡û¡ú out
also bale somebody/something ¡û¡ú out BrE to do something to help someone out of trouble, especially financial problems
::Some local businesses have offered to bail out the museum.
::Sutton bailed his team out with a goal in the last minute.
bail sb ¡û¡ú out
to leave a large sum of money with a court so that someone can be let out of prison while waiting for their trial
::Clarke's family paid ¡ê500 to bail him out.
AmE also bale out
to escape from a plane, using a parachute
bail sth ¡û¡ú out
also bale something ¡û¡ú out BrE to remove water that has come into a boat