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noun beɪlbeɪl mass noun1The temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money is lodged to guarantee their appearance in court. he has been released on bail Example sentencesExamples - The girl is charged with manslaughter and is on bail awaiting trial.
- A child or young person may be either released on bail or remanded to local authority accommodation.
- The appellants were released on bail having spent approximately 7 months in custody.
- The defendants were released on bail at Cork District Court yesterday for sentencing on February 15.
- However, there is an increasing tendency to free the indictee on bail, provided guarantees are given by the relevant State authorities that he will not be allowed to escape.
- When Kemmache sought release on bail once again, this was refused by the Assize Court.
- Howley was charged with the first of these alleged offences on Friday - two days after he was released on bail from Kirkwall Sheriff Court for a catalogue of admitted crimes.
- Charged with credit-card fraud and identity theft, most of the suspects arrested that day have been released on bail pending trial.
- Wally, who was still on bail awaiting trial for unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, got away with a small fine.
- The vast majority of the defendants pleaded not guilty and were released on bail with strict conditions.
- He was released on bail and made one appearance at the local magistrates' court, but was not seen after that.
- The Court of Appeal yesterday released Mr Sheikh on bail to await its decision next month on whether the case against him should go before a new jury.
- A man who struck his wife during the course of a row was released on bail at Carlow District Court on February 28.
- I think it was made clear that after their arrest they were on bail and their bail conditions prevented them having any contact with her.
- All the motorists were detained and released on bail and appeared in court in Umtata yesterday.
- A Kirkwall man was released on bail from Kirkwall Sheriff Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to assault and breach of the peace.
- The young man was finally released on bail when a Supreme Court judge ruled that he posed no risk to the community.
- Matysiak, who gave the court her mother's address in Axbridge Close, Park North, was released on bail by the crown court so reports can be compiled on her.
- Johannes allegedly has a history of petty crime and was out on bail awaiting court proceedings against him.
- Magistrates adjourned sentencing for reports and released him on bail, with conditions he must not enter Leisure World or any public changing cubicles.
Synonyms surety, security, collateral, assurance, indemnity, indemnification - 1.1 Money paid by or for someone in order to secure their release on bail.
they feared the financier would be tempted to forfeit the £10 million bail and flee Example sentencesExamples - I would think they should set a bail - probably the bail schedule calls for a $1 million bail.
- He was briefly arrested last month before being released on US $3 million bail.
- His family today confirmed they cannot pay the five million drachma bail money which has been set by the judges presiding over his case.
- He was charged with sexual abuse and freed on £1.87 million bail.
- He has pleaded not guilty and is free on almost €3 million bail.
- High bail - reaching as much as $1 million - was imposed for those arrested by police.
- The group has been arraigned, with bail for one member set at $10 million.
- He is currently being held at Salem County Correctional Facility in lieu of $1.8-million bail.
- He is free on $3 million bail but must attend the court hearings daily.
- He was later arrested and is in prison with bail set at three million euros.
- The men are expected to be retried, although Cazares has been free on $1 million bail since August.
- He's on $1-million bail, after police corruption allegations delayed his committal hearing.
- By Friday, he had not lodged security for his R2 million bail and remained confined to his plush home.
- The couple's bail money, totalling HK $1.25 million, was forfeited and warrants issued for their arrest.
- The great grandson of the famed make-up artist was supposed to be wearing an electronic tracking device while free on $1 million bail.
- Two days later he was spotted again at the tournament and taken into custody, his bail set at $2 million.
- Cullen said he did not want a lawyer, and was held on US $1 million bail.
- If one of the world's most famous entertainers did not show up in one hour, he would be sent to jail, losing $3 million bail.
- He is free on £1.87 million bail and at an ‘undisclosed location’, believed to be in Las Vegas.
- He said he'll sentence Mathis to thirty years with bail at about five million.
Synonyms surety, security, collateral, assurance, indemnity, indemnification
verb beɪlbeɪl [with object]Release or secure the release of (a prisoner) on payment of bail. nine were bailed on drugs charges with object and infinitive he was bailed to appear at Durham Crown Court his son called home to get bailed out of jail Example sentencesExamples - Magistrates bailed the couple to appear before magistrates for committal proceedings on Monday, March 14 this year.
- The girl has been bailed and will appear at Blackburn Youth Court on January 25.
- He was bailed to appear before Cheltenham magistrates on Wednesday.
- He was bailed to appear at York Crown Court for sentencing on the week beginning November 8.
- Both men have been bailed to appear at Bow Street Magistrates Court on March 2 when they will have an opportunity to enter a plea in the case.
- He denied the charge and was bailed to appear on 10 June.
- A 20-year-old Lancaster man has been bailed to appear before magistrates in January in connection with a burglary at the park last month.
- The three were bailed to appear at Croydon Crown Court on June 10.
- Six were cautioned, one was released without charge and three were bailed.
- Both were charged and have been bailed to appear at Ballina local court on February 22.
- All six men have been bailed to appear before Bradford Magistrates' Court on Friday.
- A spokesman said 16 of them would appear before magistrates in Grimsby and Cleethorpes today while another two were bailed to appear before magistrates tomorrow.
- We see no necessity for a defendant who is bailed to be expressly warned that, if he absconds, he may be tried in his absence, for that has been the English common law for over a century.
- Two boys, aged 12 and 13, have been charged with criminal damage and have been bailed to appear at Salford youth court tomorrow.
- He was bailed to appear at Swadlincote Magistrates' Court on 12 th October.
- She was not charged but was unconditionally bailed to appear at Harrogate Police Station tomorrow.
- The only reason we, the public, can think of as to why that man was bailed and not remanded in custody is that the prisons are full and there are not enough prison or remand beds to keep a man like that in custody for a length of time.
- He has been bailed to appear at Swindon Youth Court on May 4.
- Prisoners being bailed to return to the station will also be dealt with separately from those being kept in custody.
- He was bailed to appear at his trial on 1 June 1998.
Phrases Act as surety for an accused person. offering to stand bail for a guy who had been involved in a vicious attack Example sentencesExamples - She posted herself outside the Marylebone Magistrates' Court and announced she would stand bail for anyone who needed it.
- Many thanks also to the lawyers who did a good job and to the churchman who stood bail.
- In the 1840s, Augustus stood bail for select offenders and promised to monitor their activities and report to the judge.
- For years I was cross-examined whenever I offered to stand bail.
- He cannot speak of integrity and loyalty when he did not even appear to stand bail for the No 1 couple in this country, Mr and Mrs Panday.
- The men were taken to Inverness and held without trial, but Highlanders from all over Scotland rallied to their cause, standing bail for them and eventually paying their fines.
- In the original classical legend it is Phintias (of which ‘Pythias’ is a corruption), not Damon, who is sentenced, and Damon goes bail for him.
- His name had been linked to Red Rioters in the Providence Journal as a result of his having stood bail for Marx.
- I stood bail for him and the other defendants at the Oz trial.
- The bail set can be substantial and there is, therefore, a financial incentive for the person who goes bail to ensure that the charged person turns up for trial.
informal Fail to appear for trial after being released on bail. he jumped bail and was on the run until his arrest Example sentencesExamples - He was placed on a witness protection scheme but has now jumped bail and vanished.
- Nail was later sentenced to more than 20 years' jail for his part in the crime; the police believed King probably jumped bail.
- After jumping bail to look after his terminally ill girlfriend, things change.
- Police have made a television appeal to find a Bedford accountant who jumped bail two years ago facing a £100,000 theft charge.
- When both of them are set after the same slimy car thief who has jumped bail things get out of hand.
- In fact, it was probably you who told Mitchell to put Tris under arrest for jumping bail.
- An east Yorkshire man who jumped bail after being arrested for drug smuggling eight years ago was jailed for six months yesterday.
- Just last week, a California appellate court turned aside the appeal of Luster's conviction, saying he had forfeited his right to appeal by jumping bail.
- He jumped bail right after the murders and was on the lamb for more than 20 years.
- He also faces a charge of jumping bail and has been considered a fugitive since 1974.
Pay a sum of money as bail. if a defendant can post bail and presents no threat, he should be allowed to await trial at home Example sentencesExamples - The second time, at 11 p.m., they were able to post bail for Jennifer but were told that it would be several hours before she was released.
- The singer, also famous in Japan, was arrested at his home in a Quezon City suburb but later freed after posting bail of 6,000 pesos.
- So when his family posted bail after several months of pretrial detention, Tyson went looking for a reporter.
- Failure to appear has tripled her posted bail, made them issue another warrant for her arrest, and gave even more cannon fodder to the media.
- As news of the arrest spread, bail bond representatives crammed into the Soi 8 immigration office, looking to post bail for the Korean.
- Instead he has been detained since last Monday without any opportunity to appear before a judge or post bail.
- The construction worker was arrested and released after posting bail.
- Prosecutors declined to comment on a judge's decision to release him after posting bail of just $15,000.
- The two were taken into custody after failing to post bail of 50 million Nepalese rupees each, the reports said.
- He was released after his lawyers assured the court he would post bail by September 8.
Derivatives adjective ˈbeɪləb(ə)l Public Prosecutor told the court that the offences of threatening and insulting a woman's modesty are bailable, so there is no need to grant anticipatory bail. Example sentencesExamples - The People's Forum has welcomed the announcement by the Vice-President that Cabinet has approved amendment of the law relating to theft of motor vehicles to make the offence bailable.
- Though it is not known as to whether the couple have been brought to the book as necessitated by law, the offence nevertheless, is bailable.
- No bail must be granted for non bailable offences.
- Why is it so easy for a judge to issue a bailable warrant for arrest, before any investigation has been conducted into the charges against the accused?
Origin Middle English: from Old French, literally 'custody, jurisdiction', from bailler 'take charge of', from Latin bajulare 'bear a burden'. The spelling bail represents several different words. The one meaning ‘temporary release of an accused person’ came via French from Latin bajulare, ‘to bear a burden’, and is related to bailiff (Middle English), someone who bears the burden of responsibility. The Latin word is also ultimately the source of bail (in Britain also spelled bale) meaning ‘to scoop water out of a boat’. The bailey (Middle English) or outer wall of a castle has a quite different origin, but it is connected with the third bail, a crosspiece on a cricket stump: originally this bail meant the same as bailey. The ultimate origin of both of these appears to be Latin baculum, ‘a rod or stick’ which developed the sense ‘palisade’ in French. Bailing out from an aircraft may be a development of the ‘to scoop water’ sense. It was at first spelled bale out, though, and could come from the idea of letting a bale of straw though a trapdoor in a barn. The first written record dates from 1930. This sort of bale (Middle English) has the basic idea of something bundled and is related to ball.
Rhymes ail, ale, assail, avail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale noun beɪlbeɪl 1usually bailsCricket
Either of the two crosspieces bridging the stumps, which the bowler and fielders try to dislodge with the ball to get the batsman out. the Lancashire captain was at full stretch as the wicketkeeper took off the bails Example sentencesExamples - With no batsman the aim is simply to hit the stumps or knock the bails off.
- Only then did the umpires march out, remove the bails and stumps, and declare that England had won the Ashes.
- The ball jagged back viciously to shatter the stumps and send the bails flying.
- But something was wrong with the picture - the bails remained firmly on the wicket, despite the leaning leg stump.
- The globe is presented in the form of a stylised cricket ball while the columns, styled as stumps and bails, represent the three essential pillars of the game - batting, bowling and fielding.
2A bar on a typewriter or computer printer which holds the paper steady. Example sentencesExamples - My folly was in thinking that the problem was that I was not getting the paper positioned properly under the paper bail.
- If not, it will catch on the bail arm as it advances.
- This Star model also happens to be a stripped version with no tabs, no see-through paper table (for margin set position,) no paper arms, and no paper bail.
- Does the Paper Bail on the Mountbatten need to be used all the time?
- The paper bail will be moved back to grip the paper against the platen.
- The bail arm squeegees on your Gerber Digital Color Printing System may stick to the surface of Static Cling.
- Return the paper bail and the paper should now be positioned at the tear.
- Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail.
- Close and snap the carriage latch, and pull the bail arm back.
- One moves the paper bail and the other retracts the friction rollers and displaces the paper bail by about 3mm.
- When it is difficult to open the paper bail because of the position of the print head, close the printer.
- A paper bail in a printer having a platen includes two bail levers rotatably mounted on the printer and pressed toward the platen by a spring.
- The bail arm on this printer raises whilst the machine is printing.
- Pull the bail arm toward the front of the printer.
- The paper bail holds the paper down on top of the cylinder, or platen, that it's wound around.
3Climbing
A fastening that secures a crampon to the sole of a boot. 4A bar or pole separating horses in an open stable. - 4.1Australian, NZ A movable framework for securing the head of a cow during milking.
verb beɪl [with object]Australian, NZ 1usually bail someone upConfront (someone) with the intention of robbing them. they bailed up Mr Dyason and demanded his money Example sentencesExamples - I have seen a cat with an injured paw bail up strangers in the street, mewing and obviously demanding that she be treated.
- Tom bails up Rupert and the two of them fight hard over who is most loyal to Rob.
- It was a different story in the streets where, at least once, they were bailed up by police, summarily accused and punished, without any opportunity of putting their case.
- John is then bailed up by the principal, who seems to enjoy this little power game with the always-late-to-school student.
- At least I think that's what he's doing when he surges off to bail up bewildered passers-by.
- 1.1 Detain (someone) in conversation, especially against their will.
students will bail up Canberrans on Friday for donations for the Royal Blind Society Example sentencesExamples - A man bailed me up in a car park years ago, after a talk I'd given about war, to tell me his story.
- One of our readers recently bailed me up and asked why we didnt get into more investigative journalism.
- A deep-thinking man in our area bailed me up in January to give me a long dissertation about why this year was going to be wet.
- Serena goes back to school where she is bailed up by Susan and questioned about her behaviour, especially in the teacher's class.
- Before he can finish the call he's bailed up by a teacher, and sent to the office.
2Secure (a cow) during milking. Example sentencesExamples - It's no good crying over spilt milk; all we can do is bail up another cow.
- He spent his time cattle herding and bailing the cows for the milkers.
- It is preferable not to bail the cow for insemination, so use a chain or rail.
- Cows are bailed quietly and smoothly under close supervision.
Origin Middle English (denoting the outer wall of a castle): from Old French baile 'palisade, enclosure', baillier 'enclose', perhaps from Latin baculum 'rod, stick'. verb beɪlbeɪl 1with object Scoop water out of (a ship or boat) the first priority is to bail out the boat with buckets Example sentencesExamples - Until that happens, its like bailing a leaky boat to stay ahead of rising cost.
- The original showed two men, without war gear, baling out a boat.
- The race had ended and this crew was waiting to get out of the boat when I noticed the woman bailing.
- This feeling grows, too, from involvement in the work of maintaining camp - pitching in when cookout fires should be built, sailboats require bailing, and cabins need cleaning.
- Working deep in the hold we find the faithful ones who keep bailing the bilges without regard for the Mate's view on whether they should be doing it or not.
- When they arrived, the sailors helped to bale out the 26 foot vessel and they were able to identify the cause of the problem as a leaking cooling pipe which was letting in the sea.
- The storm increases, making it impossible to bail out the swamped boat.
- 1.1 Scoop (water) out of a ship or boat.
I started to use my hands to bail out the water Example sentencesExamples - What I was doing was bailing water out of the ship to keep it afloat.
- Others were forced to bail water out of their properties.
- The woman sitting in the middle constantly bailed water out of the boat during the commute.
- Players of the machine can control, for example, a character who stands in a pit in the pouring rain and has to bail water with a bucket or drown.
- Your friend starts bailing water with a cup while you start bailing water with a bucket.
- They flooded the cabin over and over, and bailed water constantly for 24 hours.
- Several members of the assisting-boat crew boarded the sinking fisher and helped bail the rising water.
- The desperate men especially the oiler and the correspondent moved quick as they bailed water from the little boat.
- ‘The first phase was plugging the leaks, the second phase was to bail the water and now we are high in the water and going places,’ Shelton said.
- With your ice bucket, bail the water from the bath onto the door to keep it cool.
- Marvin started bailing with an oil can while Frankie stood up, machete in hand.
- When all the pumps failed, the five started trying to bail the water by hand.
- It is like Team New Zealand bailing water out of the boat - it did not matter.
- On a fatal journey back to England a storm rocked his ship and as the crew and dismal captain bailed water from the ship, an amazing thing happened for John.
- One had no water in her kicthen; the other told us that he had been bailing water with a bucket all day.
- Guns never hesitated; he just got barefoot, waded in and started bailing, and the rest of us formed a chain gang.
- They could control, for example, a character who stood in a pit in the pouring rain and had to bail the water from the pit with a bucket or drown.
- During the next three months 56 million gallons of water were bailed from the shaft while rehabilitation of the workings continued.
- Meanwhile Blackburn, frantically seeking to empty the boat after a wave had swamped it, accidentally bailed his own mittens over the side.
- Instead of turning off the tap, we're going to use pots and pans to bail water out of the tub.
- I think that a course like this is only the tiniest step in the direction of fixing the holes in the boat, but it's more than just bailing water.
- The waves were big and they broke into the boat, but we managed to bail out the water.
- I am tired of bailing water out after each rain and the boat lists badly because of all the water that's in it.
- I bailed water into my two old kiddie pools, a smaller new kiddie pool, and two holding buckets.
- David held his tongue, started a quick search for something which would hold water, grabbed an old rusty bucket from the back locker and began bailing the water which was beginning to accumulate over the floorboards.
- Despite taking on water and having to bail all the way, the trip took only a week.
- So they desperately start bailing water to keep the ship afloat.
- The first time, the boat swamped with water and they had to race back to dry land along Lincoln Avenue to bail the water.
- I had a pump going and I bailed water for 2 hours straight.
- After trying to get some of the water out of my raft, my hands were just too cold to continue, and I had to stop bailing and try to warm them.
- That left the rest of the group to use their hands and a small rubber container to bail water out of the boat as they struggled to stay afloat.
- Herel bailed water with one hand and clenched the ships side with the other.
- Staff frantically tried to bail water out with buckets flowing the downpour yesterday afternoon.
2North American informal no object Abandon a commitment, obligation, or activity. after 12 years of this, including Sunday Mass with the family, I bailed I couldn't handle the crowds, so I bailed he looks a little like the other guy that bailed on me Example sentencesExamples - Insiders are bailing while the public is gobbling up stocks.
- Quitters bail regardless of responsibility, commitment or timing, right?
- If he bails, so do I. But, you know what, I know he's not going to bail.
- Sandy was planning on coming over with me to show off but at the last minute she bailed saying she had a headache.
- Tim and his girl were going to come, but he bailed at the last minute, and I couldn't get a hold of Ulf.
- I think first you need to grudgingly, grindingly accept the fact that you may never 100% understand why she bailed.
- You can rule out the fringe candidates bailing any time soon.
- And as far as evidence goes, I don't see any here of anything other than a gal changing her mind (maybe even leading you on) and then bailing.
- If I'm at a conference that has concurrent sessions, which most do, I usually plan on bailing if I don't like it in 10 or 15 minutes.
- Chuck bails around the 2: 00 mark to avoid the stinkface.
- Lawler bailed, and the old enemies shook hands.
- I tell her about how one after another my potential clients are bailing.
- Are you bailing because you're scared of commitment?
- I was consumed by it and I was unhappy, so I bailed.
- John Stewart, slated to work with Dennis on the show, bails, and after searching they get Lenny something who co-starred on The Job as the replacement.
- After his acceptance, he spent his time quizzing everyone he could buttonhole, then bailed and issued a ‘sell’ on the stock.
- I wanted to get out of the house, and I felt bad for bailing earlier.
- The partners on the receiving end - figuratively, obviously, in some cases - have multiple reasons for not bailing.
- Before bailing he recites poetry over the radio to June, a pretty American girl positioned in the R.A.F. control tower.
- It's suspect when a young owner is selling a new company, so be sure to find out exactly why he's bailing.
Phrasal Verbs 1Make an emergency parachute descent from an aircraft. Example sentencesExamples - Captain Heily believes he must have been at 250-or 300-ft when he bailed out.
- All ten men aboard Heaven Can Wait bailed out after an enemy fighter attack damaged the radio room with its 20 mm cannon, starting a fire - probably in the oxygen tanks.
- It was obvious to the airmen that, with its fuel almost spent, the aircraft had been set on automatic pilot and the crew bailed out.
- It was on the 19th nine years ago, right to the hour, that I bailed out of the Super Corsair.
- Since the tail gunner could not possibly survive bailing out, I asked him to crash land if he could.
- I hit him good and the pilot bailed out at 200 feet.
- It was just like in the movies when the Corsair takes a hit from the Zero, and the aircraft trails smoke just before the pilot bails out - except we didn't have parachutes, and this wasn't a movie.
- In spite of this heroic effort, Risner's friend drowned after bailing out of the stricken F - 86 and becoming entangled in the parachute lines.
- This training is more commonly associated with fighter pilots forced to bail out over enemy territory.
- He bailed out of the P - 51 and it was destroyed in the crash.
- Gilmore wore a parachute, and a cable from the trapdoor ran back to the control panel so that in an emergency both Turner and his pet could bail out.
- The Germans had recently begun equipping their pilots with parachutes, allowing them to bail out and, if they landed in friendly territory, return to fight another day.
- Homer, Bob, and Chet bailed out of the flaming B - 24.
- Drill after drill had taught us that three short rings meant an emergency - one long continuous ring meant bail out!
- Chief Arp asked the pilot for parachutes so we could bail out.
- The friendly territory added another dimension, since bailing out (if necessary) meant friends on the ground for a change.
- The terrain was too rough for an emergency landing so I started to bail out.
- The aircraft commander alerted the crew for possible bail out but did not get a response from the tail gunner.
- The opening scenes of A Matter of Life and Death find squadron leader Peter Carter about to bail out of his burning aircraft.
- When a young airman miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator.
- He was flying Spitfire R6614 and was able to bail out of his stricken aeroplane but was later found dead.
Synonyms eject, parachute to safety - 1.1Withdraw from an obligation or commitment.
she felt ready to bail out of the corporate rat race Example sentencesExamples - Ms Manners said women who feel isolated and puzzled by complicated legal talk are much more likely to bail out of cases.
- At this point Zack began to deliberately bail out of the sled, half to three-quarters of the way down the hill, pitching himself out and lying immobile in the snow.
- They didn't bail out of the covert program around the world because it's too valuable for us.
- As a consequence, many women writers bail out of the business.
- What this does is save your virgin lungs for the long haul, because you can't bail out of a hotbox without getting the aforementioned teasing.
- Problems arose with the pension fund eventually because the benefits kept expanding but the capture of prizes was highly variable, so that Congress had to bail out of the funds.
- Colina is essentially raising the premiums of their medical plan so high, that it will force them to bail out of it.
- None of this means that we need to bail out of stock markets today.
- He wants to bail out of the airline, but may not get the government to pay the price he wants for his stake.
- If you bail out of a B share within five years, you'll forfeit 0.5% to 2.5% of your money.
- You know you're in at the deep end in the world of rock and roll when two of your potential interviewees bail out of the interview in order to move the van so they don't get a ticket in Broad Street.
- Because now he's done the time, Joe is ready to bail out of EastEnders and try his hand at something other than quivering his bottom lip and having bad facial hair.
- And as the markets crash and investors bail out of equities, bigger players like ISIS, one of the host of erstwhile independents who have flown into the arms of beefier peers, also begin to look pathetically small.
- Given the political realities, anyone under the age of 50 should be agitating to bail out of the sinking ship and obtain the right to save money, rather than relying on the whims of the political process.
- Many homeless people choose to bail out of our cosy little society and live on the streets, seeking shelter wherever they can, and doing what they have to do to stay alive.
- ‘I am not suggesting we are going to bail out of any project but, as a business, you have to look at where your opportunities are,’ he said.
- Should I bail out of this line right now, or should I stick it out a bit longer and hope that the lady finds a working credit-card soon?
- If foreigners want to bail out of Asia, they are going to be selling out of Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
- Last week it emerged that the leases had get-out clauses allowing companies to bale out of commitments.
- The flakiest clients are the most apt to bail out of a project, and so are the ones for whom we most need a written termination clause in our contracts.
Synonyms sell up, sell out, sell withdraw, retreat, beat a retreat, quit, give up, abandon ship
bail someone/something out Rescue someone or something from a difficulty. the state will not bail out loss-making enterprises Example sentencesExamples - He had waded too far into the murky ocean that was her personal life, and was desperately searching for a lifeboat or rescue helicopter to bail him out.
- Rather than bailing the recent college grad out of debt, the elder Wright suggested he find a second job.
- Is it not a fraud, to pretend that Argentina can be bailed out, by saving the present obligations imposed upon Argentina?
- I couldn't believe I was actually bailing that little witch out.
- Suzy found him there and bailed him out, bringing him home to all the other broken-winged inmates to sleep on the verandah until a bedroom came vacant.
- Were we dating, or were we just good friends who danced together, bailed each other out of trouble, fought constantly with one another and just happened to kiss every now and then?
- The overpowering love of Subhadra for her son and her efforts to bale him out of the mess makes for the rest of the story.
- She bailed herself out by going ahead, against her inclinations, with a television series Melcher had secretly signed her to and put herself through five years of sit-com paces on the little box.
- For his part, the defendant repeatedly proclaimed his innocence, insisting he had dug deep into his own pockets to bail the church out of financial difficulties.
- They also passionately looked out for each other, bailing each other out and financing each other's debts.
- Narrow margins baled us out many days, and he questioned it all players made themselves available for the senior county panel.
- Despite all the control, the Kleinites have been bailing health and school authorities out of deficits for years.
- Here they again work alongside Amy, who has also made the switch, and are baled out, financially, by their former boss Ruth, who becomes a sleeping majority shareholder in the firm.
- Not to mention he also had a pension for bailing the Agency out of it's roughest spots.
- And if property prices are stagnant or falling, we cannot rely on the wealth in our homes to bale us out.
- Parents who bail their children out in difficult times are wonderful but wouldn't teaching them how to budget be better?
- It was a fantastic effort from a conference team which has to be baled out by unselfish fans who dug into their own pockets to keep the show on the road, and an example to all that the improbable is sometimes possible.
- Desmond had bailed him out of financial difficulties by lending him £46,000.
- Residential ratepayers, taxpayers, and employees are thus to bail the industry out of its difficulties.
- But they must know to what extent you will be able to bail them out if they get into financial difficulties.
Synonyms rescue, save, relieve, deliver, redeem
Derivatives nounˈbeɪləˈbālər Now it would be done with a four wheel drive tractor and small baler. Example sentencesExamples - The freshly mown hay lies in the hot sun waiting for the bailer to make bales and be done.
- He has been driving through the flooded River Derwent with passengers sitting on straw bailers in the trailer.
- But its popularity plummeted from 1942, when the mobile hay baler overtook the basic sweep.
- My Dad would follow behind with the square hay bailer and he would bail the hay.
Origin Early 17th century: from obsolete bail 'bucket', from French baille, based on Latin bajulus 'carrier'. nounbālbeɪl 1The temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court. he has been released on bail Example sentencesExamples - Howley was charged with the first of these alleged offences on Friday - two days after he was released on bail from Kirkwall Sheriff Court for a catalogue of admitted crimes.
- Matysiak, who gave the court her mother's address in Axbridge Close, Park North, was released on bail by the crown court so reports can be compiled on her.
- Magistrates adjourned sentencing for reports and released him on bail, with conditions he must not enter Leisure World or any public changing cubicles.
- He was released on bail and made one appearance at the local magistrates' court, but was not seen after that.
- The vast majority of the defendants pleaded not guilty and were released on bail with strict conditions.
- The defendants were released on bail at Cork District Court yesterday for sentencing on February 15.
- A Kirkwall man was released on bail from Kirkwall Sheriff Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to assault and breach of the peace.
- The Court of Appeal yesterday released Mr Sheikh on bail to await its decision next month on whether the case against him should go before a new jury.
- All the motorists were detained and released on bail and appeared in court in Umtata yesterday.
- Johannes allegedly has a history of petty crime and was out on bail awaiting court proceedings against him.
- However, there is an increasing tendency to free the indictee on bail, provided guarantees are given by the relevant State authorities that he will not be allowed to escape.
- Charged with credit-card fraud and identity theft, most of the suspects arrested that day have been released on bail pending trial.
- I think it was made clear that after their arrest they were on bail and their bail conditions prevented them having any contact with her.
- The appellants were released on bail having spent approximately 7 months in custody.
- The young man was finally released on bail when a Supreme Court judge ruled that he posed no risk to the community.
- A man who struck his wife during the course of a row was released on bail at Carlow District Court on February 28.
- A child or young person may be either released on bail or remanded to local authority accommodation.
- Wally, who was still on bail awaiting trial for unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, got away with a small fine.
- The girl is charged with manslaughter and is on bail awaiting trial.
- When Kemmache sought release on bail once again, this was refused by the Assize Court.
Synonyms surety, security, collateral, assurance, indemnity, indemnification - 1.1 Money paid as security for the release of an accused person.
Example sentencesExamples - He is free on $3 million bail but must attend the court hearings daily.
- Cullen said he did not want a lawyer, and was held on US $1 million bail.
- I would think they should set a bail - probably the bail schedule calls for a $1 million bail.
- Two days later he was spotted again at the tournament and taken into custody, his bail set at $2 million.
- High bail - reaching as much as $1 million - was imposed for those arrested by police.
- By Friday, he had not lodged security for his R2 million bail and remained confined to his plush home.
- He was charged with sexual abuse and freed on £1.87 million bail.
- The men are expected to be retried, although Cazares has been free on $1 million bail since August.
- If one of the world's most famous entertainers did not show up in one hour, he would be sent to jail, losing $3 million bail.
- The group has been arraigned, with bail for one member set at $10 million.
- He is free on £1.87 million bail and at an ‘undisclosed location’, believed to be in Las Vegas.
- He is currently being held at Salem County Correctional Facility in lieu of $1.8-million bail.
- He said he'll sentence Mathis to thirty years with bail at about five million.
- He was briefly arrested last month before being released on US $3 million bail.
- The great grandson of the famed make-up artist was supposed to be wearing an electronic tracking device while free on $1 million bail.
- His family today confirmed they cannot pay the five million drachma bail money which has been set by the judges presiding over his case.
- He's on $1-million bail, after police corruption allegations delayed his committal hearing.
- He was later arrested and is in prison with bail set at three million euros.
- The couple's bail money, totalling HK $1.25 million, was forfeited and warrants issued for their arrest.
- He has pleaded not guilty and is free on almost €3 million bail.
Synonyms surety, security, collateral, assurance, indemnity, indemnification
verbbālbeɪl [with object]Release or secure the release of (a prisoner) on payment of bail. his son called home to get bailed out of jail See also bail someone/something out at bail Example sentencesExamples - Prisoners being bailed to return to the station will also be dealt with separately from those being kept in custody.
- Two boys, aged 12 and 13, have been charged with criminal damage and have been bailed to appear at Salford youth court tomorrow.
- He denied the charge and was bailed to appear on 10 June.
- He was bailed to appear before Cheltenham magistrates on Wednesday.
- He was bailed to appear at Swadlincote Magistrates' Court on 12 th October.
- He was bailed to appear at York Crown Court for sentencing on the week beginning November 8.
- Six were cautioned, one was released without charge and three were bailed.
- Magistrates bailed the couple to appear before magistrates for committal proceedings on Monday, March 14 this year.
- The three were bailed to appear at Croydon Crown Court on June 10.
- The girl has been bailed and will appear at Blackburn Youth Court on January 25.
- Both were charged and have been bailed to appear at Ballina local court on February 22.
- He has been bailed to appear at Swindon Youth Court on May 4.
- She was not charged but was unconditionally bailed to appear at Harrogate Police Station tomorrow.
- He was bailed to appear at his trial on 1 June 1998.
- The only reason we, the public, can think of as to why that man was bailed and not remanded in custody is that the prisons are full and there are not enough prison or remand beds to keep a man like that in custody for a length of time.
- A spokesman said 16 of them would appear before magistrates in Grimsby and Cleethorpes today while another two were bailed to appear before magistrates tomorrow.
- We see no necessity for a defendant who is bailed to be expressly warned that, if he absconds, he may be tried in his absence, for that has been the English common law for over a century.
- Both men have been bailed to appear at Bow Street Magistrates Court on March 2 when they will have an opportunity to enter a plea in the case.
- All six men have been bailed to appear before Bradford Magistrates' Court on Friday.
- A 20-year-old Lancaster man has been bailed to appear before magistrates in January in connection with a burglary at the park last month.
Phrases Act as surety for an accused person. Example sentencesExamples - The men were taken to Inverness and held without trial, but Highlanders from all over Scotland rallied to their cause, standing bail for them and eventually paying their fines.
- Many thanks also to the lawyers who did a good job and to the churchman who stood bail.
- She posted herself outside the Marylebone Magistrates' Court and announced she would stand bail for anyone who needed it.
- His name had been linked to Red Rioters in the Providence Journal as a result of his having stood bail for Marx.
- He cannot speak of integrity and loyalty when he did not even appear to stand bail for the No 1 couple in this country, Mr and Mrs Panday.
- The bail set can be substantial and there is, therefore, a financial incentive for the person who goes bail to ensure that the charged person turns up for trial.
- I stood bail for him and the other defendants at the Oz trial.
- For years I was cross-examined whenever I offered to stand bail.
- In the original classical legend it is Phintias (of which ‘Pythias’ is a corruption), not Damon, who is sentenced, and Damon goes bail for him.
- In the 1840s, Augustus stood bail for select offenders and promised to monitor their activities and report to the judge.
informal Fail to appear for trial after being released on bail. he jumped bail and was on the run until his arrest Example sentencesExamples - Nail was later sentenced to more than 20 years' jail for his part in the crime; the police believed King probably jumped bail.
- An east Yorkshire man who jumped bail after being arrested for drug smuggling eight years ago was jailed for six months yesterday.
- He was placed on a witness protection scheme but has now jumped bail and vanished.
- Just last week, a California appellate court turned aside the appeal of Luster's conviction, saying he had forfeited his right to appeal by jumping bail.
- When both of them are set after the same slimy car thief who has jumped bail things get out of hand.
- After jumping bail to look after his terminally ill girlfriend, things change.
- In fact, it was probably you who told Mitchell to put Tris under arrest for jumping bail.
- Police have made a television appeal to find a Bedford accountant who jumped bail two years ago facing a £100,000 theft charge.
- He also faces a charge of jumping bail and has been considered a fugitive since 1974.
- He jumped bail right after the murders and was on the lamb for more than 20 years.
Pay a sum of money as bail. Example sentencesExamples - As news of the arrest spread, bail bond representatives crammed into the Soi 8 immigration office, looking to post bail for the Korean.
- The two were taken into custody after failing to post bail of 50 million Nepalese rupees each, the reports said.
- The construction worker was arrested and released after posting bail.
- The second time, at 11 p.m., they were able to post bail for Jennifer but were told that it would be several hours before she was released.
- So when his family posted bail after several months of pretrial detention, Tyson went looking for a reporter.
- The singer, also famous in Japan, was arrested at his home in a Quezon City suburb but later freed after posting bail of 6,000 pesos.
- Instead he has been detained since last Monday without any opportunity to appear before a judge or post bail.
- He was released after his lawyers assured the court he would post bail by September 8.
- Prosecutors declined to comment on a judge's decision to release him after posting bail of just $15,000.
- Failure to appear has tripled her posted bail, made them issue another warrant for her arrest, and gave even more cannon fodder to the media.
Origin Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘custody, jurisdiction’, from bailler ‘take charge of’, from Latin bajulare ‘bear a burden’. nounbālbeɪl 1A bar on a typewriter or computer printer that holds the paper steady. Example sentencesExamples - The bail arm on this printer raises whilst the machine is printing.
- When it is difficult to open the paper bail because of the position of the print head, close the printer.
- One moves the paper bail and the other retracts the friction rollers and displaces the paper bail by about 3mm.
- This Star model also happens to be a stripped version with no tabs, no see-through paper table (for margin set position,) no paper arms, and no paper bail.
- The bail arm squeegees on your Gerber Digital Color Printing System may stick to the surface of Static Cling.
- Does the Paper Bail on the Mountbatten need to be used all the time?
- Pull the bail arm toward the front of the printer.
- A paper bail in a printer having a platen includes two bail levers rotatably mounted on the printer and pressed toward the platen by a spring.
- Return the paper bail and the paper should now be positioned at the tear.
- Close and snap the carriage latch, and pull the bail arm back.
- If not, it will catch on the bail arm as it advances.
- My folly was in thinking that the problem was that I was not getting the paper positioned properly under the paper bail.
- The paper bail will be moved back to grip the paper against the platen.
- The paper bail holds the paper down on top of the cylinder, or platen, that it's wound around.
- Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail.
- 1.1Fishing A bar that guides fishing line on a reel.
Example sentencesExamples - The line is wound onto the spool by a rotating bail arm driven by a handle and gears.
- This protruding surface on the bail arm serves to keep the line in contact with the line roller even in slack line fishing such as vertical jigging.
- If choosing a front rest indicator make sure it is a type that works well with an open bail arm.
- I was going to fish with an open bail arm so there was no need for bait runners.
- For the indication on the line, nothing could be more simple, use a lemon squeezy bottle top which hangs on the line below the open bail arm.
2Climbing
A fastening that secures a crampon to the sole of a boot. Example sentencesExamples - They may have grooves at front and back for crampon toe bails and heel clamps.
- If you are using the bail rings, you'll want to sew a loop in each end of the strap.
- This tweak usually involves grinding the boot as well as bending the toe bail.
- The wire bails prevent the crampon from reverberating when kicked.
- The Sabretooths are step-in crampons with stainless-steel heel and toe bails, which make them a breeze to put on with popsicle fingers at midnight.
3A bar or pole separating horses in an open stable. Example sentencesExamples - It has a one piece metal ring around the parameter in which the bail is connected.
- These rugged buckets feature a reinforced bail attachment.
4An arched handle, such as on a bucket or a teapot. as modifier drawers fitted with brass bail handles Example sentencesExamples - This is a very early bail-handle tin, most likely dating to the mid/late 1800's as the top rim is hand-snipped and was not made with a replaceable lid.
- The bail handle is characterized by an open loop that hangs freely between two fixed mounts.
- They have a lift ring on the top and a bail handle for use on the cook fire.
- It features a bail handle, a domed lid and a copper bottom.
- The bail handle can be created with an old coat hanger or other scrap of wire.
- The double wire and wood bail handle makes the Casserole Carrier Basket easy to pass even when the pan is hot out of the oven.
- Made of highly figured mahogany it retains its original large brass bail handles and keyhole escutcheons.
- The item may or may not be provided with a bail handle and/or a spigot assembly.
- More expensive was the set of Adam-style rosettes and bail-handle pulls shown as No. 1508 in the pattern book owned by Samuel Rowland Fisher.
- This bail handle combines a cast handle with filigree forged rosettes.
- This is a vintage clear glass canning fruit jar with the wire bail handle and glass lid.
- We find the most popular compromise between what was and what will be is the simple bail handle, usually in an antique finish.
- Remove bail handle by lifting up off of the valve body.
- An optional bail arm handle is also available.
- If the metal canister cap has not been removed, attempting to raise the bail handle into the operating position may damage the plunger assembly.
5usually bailsCricket
Either of the two crosspieces bridging the stumps, which the bowler and fielders try to dislodge with the ball to get the batsman out. Example sentencesExamples - But something was wrong with the picture - the bails remained firmly on the wicket, despite the leaning leg stump.
- Only then did the umpires march out, remove the bails and stumps, and declare that England had won the Ashes.
- With no batsman the aim is simply to hit the stumps or knock the bails off.
- The globe is presented in the form of a stylised cricket ball while the columns, styled as stumps and bails, represent the three essential pillars of the game - batting, bowling and fielding.
- The ball jagged back viciously to shatter the stumps and send the bails flying.
Origin Middle English (denoting the outer wall of a castle): from Old French baile ‘palisade, enclosure’, baillier ‘enclose’, perhaps from Latin baculum ‘rod, stick’. verbbālbeɪl 1with object Scoop water out of (a ship or boat) the first priority is to bail out the boat with buckets Example sentencesExamples - The original showed two men, without war gear, baling out a boat.
- Until that happens, its like bailing a leaky boat to stay ahead of rising cost.
- When they arrived, the sailors helped to bale out the 26 foot vessel and they were able to identify the cause of the problem as a leaking cooling pipe which was letting in the sea.
- The storm increases, making it impossible to bail out the swamped boat.
- Working deep in the hold we find the faithful ones who keep bailing the bilges without regard for the Mate's view on whether they should be doing it or not.
- The race had ended and this crew was waiting to get out of the boat when I noticed the woman bailing.
- This feeling grows, too, from involvement in the work of maintaining camp - pitching in when cookout fires should be built, sailboats require bailing, and cabins need cleaning.
- 1.1 Scoop (water) out of a ship or boat.
I started to use my hands to bail out the water Example sentencesExamples - Meanwhile Blackburn, frantically seeking to empty the boat after a wave had swamped it, accidentally bailed his own mittens over the side.
- It is like Team New Zealand bailing water out of the boat - it did not matter.
- The woman sitting in the middle constantly bailed water out of the boat during the commute.
- They flooded the cabin over and over, and bailed water constantly for 24 hours.
- Despite taking on water and having to bail all the way, the trip took only a week.
- Players of the machine can control, for example, a character who stands in a pit in the pouring rain and has to bail water with a bucket or drown.
- What I was doing was bailing water out of the ship to keep it afloat.
- I bailed water into my two old kiddie pools, a smaller new kiddie pool, and two holding buckets.
- Herel bailed water with one hand and clenched the ships side with the other.
- During the next three months 56 million gallons of water were bailed from the shaft while rehabilitation of the workings continued.
- The waves were big and they broke into the boat, but we managed to bail out the water.
- Marvin started bailing with an oil can while Frankie stood up, machete in hand.
- Several members of the assisting-boat crew boarded the sinking fisher and helped bail the rising water.
- With your ice bucket, bail the water from the bath onto the door to keep it cool.
- The first time, the boat swamped with water and they had to race back to dry land along Lincoln Avenue to bail the water.
- I had a pump going and I bailed water for 2 hours straight.
- I think that a course like this is only the tiniest step in the direction of fixing the holes in the boat, but it's more than just bailing water.
- So they desperately start bailing water to keep the ship afloat.
- On a fatal journey back to England a storm rocked his ship and as the crew and dismal captain bailed water from the ship, an amazing thing happened for John.
- One had no water in her kicthen; the other told us that he had been bailing water with a bucket all day.
- Others were forced to bail water out of their properties.
- David held his tongue, started a quick search for something which would hold water, grabbed an old rusty bucket from the back locker and began bailing the water which was beginning to accumulate over the floorboards.
- Instead of turning off the tap, we're going to use pots and pans to bail water out of the tub.
- The desperate men especially the oiler and the correspondent moved quick as they bailed water from the little boat.
- Staff frantically tried to bail water out with buckets flowing the downpour yesterday afternoon.
- After trying to get some of the water out of my raft, my hands were just too cold to continue, and I had to stop bailing and try to warm them.
- They could control, for example, a character who stood in a pit in the pouring rain and had to bail the water from the pit with a bucket or drown.
- ‘The first phase was plugging the leaks, the second phase was to bail the water and now we are high in the water and going places,’ Shelton said.
- Guns never hesitated; he just got barefoot, waded in and started bailing, and the rest of us formed a chain gang.
- I am tired of bailing water out after each rain and the boat lists badly because of all the water that's in it.
- Your friend starts bailing water with a cup while you start bailing water with a bucket.
- When all the pumps failed, the five started trying to bail the water by hand.
- That left the rest of the group to use their hands and a small rubber container to bail water out of the boat as they struggled to stay afloat.
2North American informal no object Abandon a commitment, obligation, or activity. after 12 years of this, including Sunday Mass with the family, I bailed I couldn't handle the crowds, so I bailed he looks a little like the other guy that bailed on me Example sentencesExamples - After his acceptance, he spent his time quizzing everyone he could buttonhole, then bailed and issued a ‘sell’ on the stock.
- And as far as evidence goes, I don't see any here of anything other than a gal changing her mind (maybe even leading you on) and then bailing.
- Insiders are bailing while the public is gobbling up stocks.
- Quitters bail regardless of responsibility, commitment or timing, right?
- If he bails, so do I. But, you know what, I know he's not going to bail.
- I tell her about how one after another my potential clients are bailing.
- Tim and his girl were going to come, but he bailed at the last minute, and I couldn't get a hold of Ulf.
- Lawler bailed, and the old enemies shook hands.
- Sandy was planning on coming over with me to show off but at the last minute she bailed saying she had a headache.
- I was consumed by it and I was unhappy, so I bailed.
- You can rule out the fringe candidates bailing any time soon.
- If I'm at a conference that has concurrent sessions, which most do, I usually plan on bailing if I don't like it in 10 or 15 minutes.
- I think first you need to grudgingly, grindingly accept the fact that you may never 100% understand why she bailed.
- Are you bailing because you're scared of commitment?
- Chuck bails around the 2: 00 mark to avoid the stinkface.
- I wanted to get out of the house, and I felt bad for bailing earlier.
- John Stewart, slated to work with Dennis on the show, bails, and after searching they get Lenny something who co-starred on The Job as the replacement.
- Before bailing he recites poetry over the radio to June, a pretty American girl positioned in the R.A.F. control tower.
- It's suspect when a young owner is selling a new company, so be sure to find out exactly why he's bailing.
- The partners on the receiving end - figuratively, obviously, in some cases - have multiple reasons for not bailing.
Phrasal Verbs 1(of a member of an aircrew) make an emergency parachute descent from an aircraft; eject. Example sentencesExamples - When a young airman miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator.
- It was on the 19th nine years ago, right to the hour, that I bailed out of the Super Corsair.
- All ten men aboard Heaven Can Wait bailed out after an enemy fighter attack damaged the radio room with its 20 mm cannon, starting a fire - probably in the oxygen tanks.
- It was just like in the movies when the Corsair takes a hit from the Zero, and the aircraft trails smoke just before the pilot bails out - except we didn't have parachutes, and this wasn't a movie.
- This training is more commonly associated with fighter pilots forced to bail out over enemy territory.
- The friendly territory added another dimension, since bailing out (if necessary) meant friends on the ground for a change.
- Captain Heily believes he must have been at 250-or 300-ft when he bailed out.
- He was flying Spitfire R6614 and was able to bail out of his stricken aeroplane but was later found dead.
- The Germans had recently begun equipping their pilots with parachutes, allowing them to bail out and, if they landed in friendly territory, return to fight another day.
- Chief Arp asked the pilot for parachutes so we could bail out.
- Drill after drill had taught us that three short rings meant an emergency - one long continuous ring meant bail out!
- The opening scenes of A Matter of Life and Death find squadron leader Peter Carter about to bail out of his burning aircraft.
- Homer, Bob, and Chet bailed out of the flaming B - 24.
- The terrain was too rough for an emergency landing so I started to bail out.
- He bailed out of the P - 51 and it was destroyed in the crash.
- Gilmore wore a parachute, and a cable from the trapdoor ran back to the control panel so that in an emergency both Turner and his pet could bail out.
- The aircraft commander alerted the crew for possible bail out but did not get a response from the tail gunner.
- Since the tail gunner could not possibly survive bailing out, I asked him to crash land if he could.
- It was obvious to the airmen that, with its fuel almost spent, the aircraft had been set on automatic pilot and the crew bailed out.
- In spite of this heroic effort, Risner's friend drowned after bailing out of the stricken F - 86 and becoming entangled in the parachute lines.
- I hit him good and the pilot bailed out at 200 feet.
Synonyms eject, parachute to safety - 1.1Become free of an obligation or commitment; discontinue an activity.
she felt ready to bail out of the corporate rat race Example sentencesExamples - You know you're in at the deep end in the world of rock and roll when two of your potential interviewees bail out of the interview in order to move the van so they don't get a ticket in Broad Street.
- He wants to bail out of the airline, but may not get the government to pay the price he wants for his stake.
- Given the political realities, anyone under the age of 50 should be agitating to bail out of the sinking ship and obtain the right to save money, rather than relying on the whims of the political process.
- Problems arose with the pension fund eventually because the benefits kept expanding but the capture of prizes was highly variable, so that Congress had to bail out of the funds.
- Colina is essentially raising the premiums of their medical plan so high, that it will force them to bail out of it.
- Should I bail out of this line right now, or should I stick it out a bit longer and hope that the lady finds a working credit-card soon?
- Ms Manners said women who feel isolated and puzzled by complicated legal talk are much more likely to bail out of cases.
- At this point Zack began to deliberately bail out of the sled, half to three-quarters of the way down the hill, pitching himself out and lying immobile in the snow.
- The flakiest clients are the most apt to bail out of a project, and so are the ones for whom we most need a written termination clause in our contracts.
- As a consequence, many women writers bail out of the business.
- None of this means that we need to bail out of stock markets today.
- What this does is save your virgin lungs for the long haul, because you can't bail out of a hotbox without getting the aforementioned teasing.
- And as the markets crash and investors bail out of equities, bigger players like ISIS, one of the host of erstwhile independents who have flown into the arms of beefier peers, also begin to look pathetically small.
- Because now he's done the time, Joe is ready to bail out of EastEnders and try his hand at something other than quivering his bottom lip and having bad facial hair.
- If you bail out of a B share within five years, you'll forfeit 0.5% to 2.5% of your money.
- They didn't bail out of the covert program around the world because it's too valuable for us.
- ‘I am not suggesting we are going to bail out of any project but, as a business, you have to look at where your opportunities are,’ he said.
- If foreigners want to bail out of Asia, they are going to be selling out of Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
- Many homeless people choose to bail out of our cosy little society and live on the streets, seeking shelter wherever they can, and doing what they have to do to stay alive.
- Last week it emerged that the leases had get-out clauses allowing companies to bale out of commitments.
bail someone/something out Release someone or something from a difficulty; rescue. the state will not bail out loss-making enterprises Example sentencesExamples - She bailed herself out by going ahead, against her inclinations, with a television series Melcher had secretly signed her to and put herself through five years of sit-com paces on the little box.
- Suzy found him there and bailed him out, bringing him home to all the other broken-winged inmates to sleep on the verandah until a bedroom came vacant.
- They also passionately looked out for each other, bailing each other out and financing each other's debts.
- For his part, the defendant repeatedly proclaimed his innocence, insisting he had dug deep into his own pockets to bail the church out of financial difficulties.
- Residential ratepayers, taxpayers, and employees are thus to bail the industry out of its difficulties.
- Rather than bailing the recent college grad out of debt, the elder Wright suggested he find a second job.
- Is it not a fraud, to pretend that Argentina can be bailed out, by saving the present obligations imposed upon Argentina?
- Parents who bail their children out in difficult times are wonderful but wouldn't teaching them how to budget be better?
- He had waded too far into the murky ocean that was her personal life, and was desperately searching for a lifeboat or rescue helicopter to bail him out.
- The overpowering love of Subhadra for her son and her efforts to bale him out of the mess makes for the rest of the story.
- Here they again work alongside Amy, who has also made the switch, and are baled out, financially, by their former boss Ruth, who becomes a sleeping majority shareholder in the firm.
- Narrow margins baled us out many days, and he questioned it all players made themselves available for the senior county panel.
- It was a fantastic effort from a conference team which has to be baled out by unselfish fans who dug into their own pockets to keep the show on the road, and an example to all that the improbable is sometimes possible.
- I couldn't believe I was actually bailing that little witch out.
- Desmond had bailed him out of financial difficulties by lending him £46,000.
- Not to mention he also had a pension for bailing the Agency out of it's roughest spots.
- Despite all the control, the Kleinites have been bailing health and school authorities out of deficits for years.
- And if property prices are stagnant or falling, we cannot rely on the wealth in our homes to bale us out.
- But they must know to what extent you will be able to bail them out if they get into financial difficulties.
- Were we dating, or were we just good friends who danced together, bailed each other out of trouble, fought constantly with one another and just happened to kiss every now and then?
Synonyms rescue, save, relieve, deliver, redeem
Origin Early 17th century: from obsolete bail ‘bucket’, from French baille, based on Latin bajulus ‘carrier’. |