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
Recent Examples on the Web
Paolo Confino, Fortune Europe, 13 June 2024
He also was involved in the bailout that saved the American auto industry during his time in office.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2024
Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2024
Lautman agreed, adding that the current establishment’s hatred towards the West stems partly from the events following the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, when Russia had to be bailed out by the West after its economy collapsed.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 30 June 2024
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Noun
Greece plans to repay bailout loans worth a total of €8 billion ($8.6 billion) ahead of schedule, underscoring the country’s progress in recovering from the debt crisis, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune Europe, 13 June 2024
He also was involved in the bailout that saved the American auto industry during his time in office.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2024
Verb
Party insiders have a variety of views, ranging from staying the course to pressuring Biden to bail out of the long-running campaign.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2024
Lautman agreed, adding that the current establishment’s hatred towards the West stems partly from the events following the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, when Russia had to be bailed out by the West after its economy collapsed.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 30 June 2024
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“Bailout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bailout. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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bailout
noun
bail·out
ˈbāl-ˌau̇t 
: a rescue from financial distress
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