bailed

verb

Definition of bailednext
past tense of bail
as in exited
to leave a place often for another after two hours of that boring party, we were ready to bail

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bailed
  1. exited
  2. departed
  3. went
  4. escaped
  5. fled
  6. started
  7. evacuated
Verb
  • McConnell later Tuesday afternoon exited his office to cast a vote on the Senate floor.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Purdy exited for one play after getting hit high and low on a Bears (4-9) pass rush.
    Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of exited
Verb
  • Two medical responders were seen briefly entering his office and then departed.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In 1891, the young man departed for the capital, taking the train with his mother, to sit at Mallarmé’s feet.
    Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of departed
Verb
  • The top speed of 218 mph went untested, but if the speedometer on one example taped on the autobahn is to believed, the LaFerrari can actually punch its way all the way to 231 mph.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Last season, during the Rams’ last-season push to the playoffs, Stafford went four games without an interception.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of went
Verb
  • After Thompson was gunned down, police said, Mangione ran off, rode into Central Park on a bike, ditched it on the Upper West Side, then took a taxi to the Port Authority bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge and escaped from the city.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The defendant allegedly escaped the scene on a bike and subsequetly fled New York City and was at large for nearly a week.
    Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of escaped
Verb
  • Most of her family fled Syria to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, but Sharifi has recently begun talking to them about reuniting in Syria once the country is stable and the airport reopens.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The United Nations has said more than 30 million people need aid, and some 12 million have fled their homes.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of fled
Verb
  • The 28-year-old is just getting started.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That being said, owners and developers in recent years have started to build new housing either connected to a shopping center, or nearby.
    David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of started
Verb
  • Students and faculty were told to stay inside fire-resistant buildings while nearby areas evacuated, in accordance with the school’s fire plan reviewed annually by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The singer Cher evacuated to a hotel on Monday night along with her pets, according to her publicist, who gave no other details.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of evacuated
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bailed

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