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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Reuters, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
This goes beyond academic working papers and is also reflected in policy: the IMF’s 2022 Argentina bailout included several anti-crypto provisions.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 27 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
Many Greeks saw their wages and pensions slashed in return for bailouts worth 280 billion euros ($297 billion) during a 2009-2018 debt crisis which shaved a quarter off Greece’s economic output and nearly pushed the country out of the eurozone.
—Reuters, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
This goes beyond academic working papers and is also reflected in policy: the IMF’s 2022 Argentina bailout included several anti-crypto provisions.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 27 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 28 Nov. 2024.
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bailout
noun
bail·out
ˈbāl-ˌau̇t 
: a rescue from financial distress
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