Meaning & use
Bailed
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Secured someone's release from custody by paying a sum of money as security, or abruptly abandoned a plan or situation.
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Her uncle bailed her out of jail the same night she was arrested.
He bailed on the road trip at the last minute without any explanation.
A note on using this word
The informal phrase "to bail on someone" extends the legal sense of bail into everyday talk about backing out of plans.
Words with a similar meaning
freedabandoned
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Words with an opposite meaning
stayedcommitted
Another way to use it
2. verb
Removed water from a boat using a container.
They bailed the flooded canoe as fast as they could.
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