bailing

verb

Definition of bailingnext
present participle of bail
as in exiting
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 bailing
  1. exiting
  2. departing
  3. evacuating
  4. escaping
  5. fleeing
  6. starting
Verb
  • The last time the Southland saw similarly dry conditions was in early 2023, as the state was exiting a punishing, years-long drought thanks to an exceptional kickoff to the wet season.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Adani Enterprises, Gautam Adani’s flagship company, is exiting from the joint venture with Wilmar to focus on its core infrastructure businesses and use the proceeds from the deal to expand its renewable energy, transport and logistics ventures.
    Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of exiting
Verb
  • On that same weekend, news filtered out about many senior staffers departing, voluntarily or otherwise, from City Hall.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • At Bradley International Airport, 93,000 people have booked departing flights between last Wednesday and the day after Christmas, according to Brian Spyros, spokesman for the Connecticut Airport Authority.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of departing
Verb
  • Last week, Ukraine's Intelligence Directorate reported that Russia had begun evacuating its warships from the Tartus naval base, and airlifting weaponry from Khmeimim.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • After evacuating their home, a nonprofit gave Carmen and her family dry clothes.
    Nate Perez, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of evacuating
Verb
  • Their family was on the run, escaping the mortar fire that drove them from their home in Hari Fara, one of the last refuges for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
    Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Three years on from escaping Scarlet Witch's spell that trapped the town Westview, New Jersey in an alternate dimension resembling an old TV show, Agatha enlists the help of a new coven of witches (including a game Aubrey Plaza) to take on old enemies and regain her powers.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of escaping
Verb
  • In May, eight soldiers were sentenced to death for fleeing the battlefield, and in July, 25 soldiers were convicted of similar offenses.
    Jean-Yves Kamale and Wilson Mcmakin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • After a clerk refused to give her money, the woman attempted to break into the cash register before fleeing in a black SUV displaying out-of-state license plates, police said.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of fleeing
Verb
  • The New Year is starting with a fresh warning for those who work with animals in Texas.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Murphy is term-limited, so the open-seat contest has attracted a cornucopia of candidates, starting with a crowded field of Democratic aspirants.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of starting
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bailed out

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bailing out

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