bailed out; bailing out; bails out
1
: to parachute from an aircraft
Synonyms
Verb
- bail
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- depart
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
Examples of bailout in a Sentence
Noun
government bailouts of large corporations
Verb
if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out
the government bailed out the savings and loan industry
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Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Volcker’s career shows how a brilliant and deeply ethical public servant could set the stage for the unpopular Wall Street bailouts of our century.
—The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
Democrats seem uninterested in bailing out Johnson — and by extension, Trump, on must-pass bills that can't get by the Freedom Caucus.
—Justin Green, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Its platform initially centered on opposition to bailouts for struggling eurozone members, but its vehement opposition to then-Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to allow in large numbers of refugees and other migrants in 2015 established the party as a significant political force.
—Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Volcker’s career shows how a brilliant and deeply ethical public servant could set the stage for the unpopular Wall Street bailouts of our century.
—The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
Penn State nearly turned the ball over via interception, but Drew Allar’s bad pass was bailed out by a holding penalty.
—NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
Democrats seem uninterested in bailing out Johnson — and by extension, Trump, on must-pass bills that can't get by the Freedom Caucus.
—Justin Green, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Bailout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bailout. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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bailout
noun
bail·out
ˈbāl-ˌau̇t 
: a rescue from financial distress
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