- bail out(3)
- {v.} To dip water from a filling or leaking boat; throw water out of a boat to prevent its sinking. * /Both men were kept busy bailing out the rowboat after it began to leak./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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Bail-out — (auch Bailout, Bail Out) bezeichnet: Bail out (Wirtschaft), die Schuldenübernahme und Tilgung durch Dritte Bail out (Internet), eine Messgröße des Web Publishing Bail out (Luftfahrt), einen Begriff der militärischen Luftfahrt … Deutsch Wikipedia
bail-out — see ↑bail out below. • • • Main Entry: ↑bail * * * bail|out or bail out «BAYL OWT», noun. 1. the action of bailing out of an aircraft. 2. an emergency rescue or relief, as through financial aid: »It [a country] presumably depends on another… … Useful english dictionary
bail out of — bail out (of (something)) to stop doing something or being involved in something. Bad working conditions have caused many nurses to bail out of the profession. The TV show triggered a number of protests, and some of the sponsors bailed out.… … New idioms dictionary
bail out — (of (something)) to stop doing something or being involved in something. Bad working conditions have caused many nurses to bail out of the profession. The TV show triggered a number of protests, and some of the sponsors bailed out. Etymology:… … New idioms dictionary
bail out — bail (someone) out to help someone out of a difficult situation by providing money. When the airlines began to fail, they asked the government to bail them out. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of bail out (= to use a container to remove… … New idioms dictionary
bail-out — ˈbail out also bailout noun [countable] FINANCE providing money to a person or organization to get them out of financial trouble: • Losses totaling hundreds of millions of dollars led to an expensive bailout by its parent company … Financial and business terms
bail|out — or bail out «BAYL OWT», noun. 1. the action of bailing out of an aircraft. 2. an emergency rescue or relief, as through financial aid: »It [a country] presumably depends on another bailout by the U.S. (Time) … Useful english dictionary
bail out — [v1] help aid, deliver, release, relieve, rescue, spring; concept 110 Ant. ignore, refuse bail out [v2] escape flee, quit, retreat, withdraw; concept 102 Ant. stay … New thesaurus
bail out — index discharge (liberate), disenthrall, liberate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bail-out — n informal financial help given to a person or a company that is in difficulty … Dictionary of contemporary English
Bail out — Das Wort Bail out (auch Bailout, Bail Out) bezeichnet: Bail out (Wirtschaft), die Schuldenübernahme und Tilgung durch Dritte Bail out (Internet), eine Messgröße des Web Publishing Bail out (Luftfahrt), einen Begriff der militärischen Luftfahrt … Deutsch Wikipedia
