bail out

British  

verb

1. (intr) to make an emergency parachute jump from an aircraft

2. informal (tr) to help (a person, organization, etc) out of a predicament

   the government bailed the company out

3. informal (intr) to escape from a predicament

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bail out Idioms  

1. Empty water out of a boat, usually by dipping with a bucket or other container. For example, We had to keep bailing out water from this leaky canoe . [Early 1600s]

2. Rescue someone in an emergency, especially a financial crisis of some kind, as in They were counting on an inheritance to bail them out . [ Colloquial ; 1900s]

3. Jump out of an airplane, using a parachute. For example, When the second engine sputtered, the pilot decided to bail out . [c. 1930]

4. Give up on something, abandon a responsibility, as in The company was not doing well, so John decided to bail out while he could still find another job . [Second half of 1900s]

5. See make bail .

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Example Sentences

“All of this comes together to create a market that is not screaming that it is at a top or triggering us, in our shop, to be bailing out of equities wholesale,” Buchanan said.

From MarketWatch

“You could argue this is the second time that retail has bailed out the market,” said Steve Quirk, chief brokerage officer at Robinhood.

From The Wall Street Journal

They shouldn’t be asked to pay more to fix Ivanpah’s flawed capital structure and bail out its junior creditors.

From The Wall Street Journal

The International Monetary Fund, which has bailed out Argentina with tens of billions of dollars, said it welcomed the central bank’s new currency policy and efforts to rebuild reserves.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then, bailed out by a foul with 3.9 seconds remaining, he missed the second.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• relieve
• rescue