Definition
To rescue, especially financially.
To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).
To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties.
To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc.
To fail badly; to fall off a skateboard.
To abandon one's surfboard when faced with a large or perilous wave.
In Context
- "Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out."
- "Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Afghanistan, is not the first soldier to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated."
- "I'm going to bail out of class today."
- "She's bailing out on the project."
- "When I got arrested, she bailed out on me."
- "I'm going to bail out of stocks and buy gold instead."