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To have invested in or provided financial assistance
Past tense for to secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money
“I stayed there until noon the next day, when my father's attorney, Arthur Stinson, arrived to bail me out.”
Past tense for to leave or exit a place or situation
“The other patrons laughed, as it was clear he had just been cowering in the corner and waiting for his chance to bail out of the bar.”
Past tense for to escape or withdraw from a place or situation
“You can recognize when it's time to bail out of a job that's going nowhere.”
Past tense for to remove or rescue from harm, danger, or an undesirable situation
“A job would bail me out of this mess, but it seemed no one wanted to give me one.”
Past tense for to make an emergency parachute descent from an aircraft
“The Germans had recently begun equipping their pilots with parachutes, allowing them to bail out and, if they landed in friendly territory, return to fight another day.”
Past tense for to remove or rescue (someone) from danger or harm
Past tense for to break free from confinement or control
Past tense for to leave or withdraw from a place
Past tense for to show mercy to, especially by not punishing or killing
Past tense for to draw out or empty a space or container
Past tense for to lift out (liquid) with a utensil
Past tense for to leave behind or stop caring for someone or something
Past tense for to give up one's resistance against something
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