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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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
To avoid this political inconvenience, Biden-Harris administration officials came up with a temporary solution: a massive and stealthy insurance industry bailout.
—Tomas J. Philipson, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Turnovers don’t bail out Spartans SJSU came into Saturday with 20 takeaways, second-best in the nation.
—Andrew Hartley, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Another $635 million pension bailout was approved on Oct. 17 for the Detroit Carpenters Fund, which covers, more than 22,500 metro Detroit carpenters and millwright, so avert insolvency.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
To avoid this political inconvenience, Biden-Harris administration officials came up with a temporary solution: a massive and stealthy insurance industry bailout.
—Tomas J. Philipson, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
Before serving in Congress, Stevens served on the U.S. Auto Rescue Task Force that bailed out Chrysler and General Motors from bankruptcy.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Turnovers don’t bail out Spartans SJSU came into Saturday with 20 takeaways, second-best in the nation.
—Andrew Hartley, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Bailout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bailout. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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bailout
noun
bail·out
ˈbāl-ˌau̇t 
: a rescue from financial distress
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