BAIL OUT

(1) {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./ (2) {v.} To jump from an airplane and drop with a parachute. * /When the second engine failed, the pilot told everyone to bail out./ (3) {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./