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    [Noun]  | "bail*out" | \ ˈbāl-ˌau̇t \


    1: a rescue from financial distress


    Origin: 1939 ;

    [Verb]  | "bail out" 


    1: to parachute from an aircraft

    2: to abandon a harmful or difficult situation; also : leave, depart


    Origin: 1925 ;

    [Verb]  | "bail out" 


    1: to leave a place often for another;


      * e.g., " ... if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out "





    2: to remove from danger or harm;


      * e.g., " ... the government bailed out the savings and loan industry "





     [ "bailed out" ]

    1: To agree to go to an event and then having an excuse for not going.

      * e.g.,  ... She bailed out again on something we planned, not going to invite her next time. 

     [ "bail out" ]

    1: To cheese it, as in run away, or get out of the way quickly

      * e.g.,  ... i had to bail out of the exploding car 

     [ "Bail Out" ]

    1: What industry executives petition the government to pay out of tax-payer coffers when they don't have enough capital to pay themselves their annual million dollar bonus.

      * e.g.,  ... CEO: Sales are down for the 15th quarter straight. Our product is not in demand. We have to lay off workers.  

     [ "bail out" ]

    1: In Programming, giving up and running away before anyone realizes that your code has gone into an infinite loop and won't come out.

      * e.g.,  ... John had to bail out when his code went south, before he got Uber Pwnd by the boss. 

     [ "bail out" ]

    1: Run away for someone.

     [ "bail out" ]

    1: In British rail enthusiasts terms to bail out is a short term planning route alteration or a move enforced upon the individual due to unforseen circumstances.

      * e.g.,  ... 1 - There was a chance to ride behind Deltic 55009 so we bailed out at Doncaster. 

     [ "bail out" ]

    1: In Programming: to terminate an excecution pattern on the basis of some error condition.

      * e.g.,  ... "No, no, you want to BAIL OUT after you run the stack-trace." 

     [ "bail-out" ]

    1: bail-out (noun, verb) - A person or financial institution providing money to a party that made a bad investment in order to cover their losses.

      * e.g.,  ...  The Fed bailed-out out the big banks during the financial crisis. The British Government issued a 500 billion pound bail-out package as a response to the ongoing financial crisis. It is the taxpayers who will ultimately have to pay for the latest bank bail-outs. 

     [ "Bail-out" ]

    1: When someone in the car to has to pee so they pee in a vessel and it’s thrown out of the car.

      * e.g.,  ... My girlfriend has to pee all the time, so when she had to go for the tenth time on our road trip I had to bail-out the car instead of stopping. 

     [ "to bail out" ]

    1: Verb : to save someone from their own financial stupidity or incompetence

      * e.g.,  ... Your parents won't be around, or even able to, to bail out your sorry little ass for ever. Learn some financial responsibility 

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