bails 1 of 2

noun

Definition of bailsnext
plural of bail
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as in bonds

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as in bows

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as in hods

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bails

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bail
as in exits
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 bails
  1. bows
  2. exits
  3. departs
  4. pitchers
  5. goes
  6. escapes
  7. holders
  8. flees
Noun
  • The tour begins in the couple's front entryway, where pink and green pastel ribbon bows adorn a banister leading upstairs.
    Tabitha Parent, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The first two are set to top $70 million and $35-40 million in their respective domestic bows, as the latter boost their blockbuster runs to about $760 million and $560 million, respectively.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of bows
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the Jets are a mess, not news to the thousands of disgruntled fans streaming to the MetLife exits throughout the second half.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The student exits the course with an ability to look for biases in sources, through four primary measures, and determine how that may impact the information in the source.
    Brayden Pryor, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of exits
Verb
  • Since many travelers do not live near ports and must fly to the embarkation city, arrive at least one day before the cruise departs.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Kia is also introducing a new My Q Connected Garage feature that automatically opens and closes the garage door when the K4 approaches and departs the house.
    Karl Brauer, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of departs
Noun
  • Four years later, the Cubs included Jimenez (and Dylan Cease) in the return for Jose Quintana, at the time one of the best pitchers to switch teams at the 2017 trade deadline.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The bleak history of two-time Tommy John pitchers added risk as well.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of pitchers
Verb
  • Rather, Bates plays a wealthy retired lawyer named Madeleine Kingston who goes undercover as a legal assistant at a large law firm, taking on the alias surname of Matlock because the show was one of her deceased daughter's favorites.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As LaVine goes, so go the Bulls.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of goes
Verb
  • Bleeding and disoriented, Ian escapes the trunk and manages to accidentally throw himself off the side of the cliff, although even that doesn’t finish him off.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Eventually, Rose, who has been incoherently crying for forgiveness, escapes to her bedroom and lies in bed, in pain, passing to the next stage of the ritual.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of escapes
Noun
  • Google accounts that have not been signed into for at least two years will be deleted, along with the data stored by those account holders.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Another snap shows her dining room table with more garland, acorns, some candle holders, and fresh fruits in a basket.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of holders
Verb
  • In this Danish Oscar-winner, Babette, a chef, flees violence in France and comes to work for two saintly sisters leading a flock of believers in 19th century Denmark.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Syrians take to the streets in jubilation as Bashar al Assad reportedly flees.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of flees
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