bail イディオム

bail a company out

help or rescue a company with financial problems The government decided to bail out the failing bank in order to maintain stability in the economy.

bail me out

help me solve a problem, pay to get me out of jail If they arrest me, will you bail me out - pay the bail money?

bail out

quit, leave a project Tom bailed out when Lan became Project Manager.

bail someone or something out

help or rescue The government has decided to bail out the troubled bank.

jump bail

run away and fail to come to trial and give up the money you have already paid to the court He jumped bail and decided to go and live in a foreign country.

skip bail

run away and not come to trial and therefore give up any money that you may have already paid the court The man didn

bail

to get out of here; to leave

out on bail

Idiom(s): out on bail

Theme: LEGAL

out of jail because bail bond money has been paid. (The money will be forfeited if the person who is out on bail does not appear in court at the proper time.)
• Bob is out on bail waiting for his trial.
• The robber committed another crime while out on bail.

bail sth out

Idiom(s): bail sth out

Theme: REMOVAL

to remove water from the bottom of a boat by dipping or scooping.
• Tom has to bail the boat out before we get in.
• You should always bail out a boat before using it.

bail sb out

Idiom(s): bail sb out

Theme: FREEDOM

to deposit a sum of money that allows someone to get out of jail while waiting for a trial.
• John was in jail. I had to go down to the police station to bail him out.
• You kids are always getting into trouble. Do you really expect me to bail out the whole gang of you every time you have a problem?

bail out|bail

bail out¹ v. 1. To secure release from prison until trial by leaving or promising money or property for a while. When college students got into trouble with the police, the college president would always bail them out. 2. informal To free from trouble by giving or lending money. He started a small business, which prospered after his father had to bail him out a couple of times.
bail out² v. To jump from an airplane and drop with a parachute. When the second engine failed, the pilot told everyone to bail out.
bail out¹ v. To dip water from a filling or leaking boat; throw water out of a boat to prevent its sinking. Both men were kept busy bailing out the rowboat after it began to leak.

go bail for|bail|go|go bail

v. phr. To advance the necessary money as security in order to release an accused person until trial. The arrested driver had no trouble finding someone to go bail for him.

jump bail|bail|jump|skip|skip bail

v. phr., informal To run away and fail to come to trial, and so to give up a certain amount of money already given to a court of law to hold with the promise that you would come. The robber paid $2000 bail so he wouldn't be put in jail before his trial, but he jumped bail and escaped to Mexico. The man skipped bail because he was afraid the court might put him in jail for a long time.

out on bail|bail|out

adv. phr. Released from prison because a security deposit known as "bail" has been put up by an individual or a bail bond broker. The murder suspect was out on a one million dollar bail awaiting trial.

make bail

make bail
Put up security as an assurance that someone released from prison will appear for trial, as in He didn't think he could make bail for his brother. The use of bail for “security” was first recorded in 1495.