How to pronounce “bail out”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
• (transitive, nautical) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
• (transitive, idiomatic) To rescue, especially financially.
• (intransitive, usually with of) To exit an aircraft while in flight.
• (intransitive, idiomatic, 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).
• (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, with on) To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties.
• (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, with of) To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc.
• (intransitive, with of) To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply.
• (transitive, idiomatic, skateboarding) To fail badly; to fall off a skateboard.
• (intransitive, idiomatic, surfing) To abandon one's surfboard when faced with a large or perilous wave.

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