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BAIL OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bail out mean? 

BAIL OUT (verb)
  The verb BAIL OUT has 2 senses:

1. free on bailplay

2. remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the sideplay

  Familiarity information: BAIL OUT used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BAIL OUT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Free on bail

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "bail out" is one way to...):

free; liberate; loose; release; unloose; unloosen (grant freedom to; free from confinement)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bail out; bale out

Hypernyms (to "bail out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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