Definition of "bail out" [bail out]

• To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money. (verb)
• To remove water from a boat by scooping it out. (verb)
• To rescue, especially financially. (verb)
• To exit an aircraft while in flight. (verb)
• To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable. (verb)

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• "Gabrielle would be smart to bail out on him, Tench thought."
• "He guessed not, then second-guessed himself and started to hang up, then third-guessed himself and decided he had to know and he could bail out fast if it came to that."
• ""Personally," Yolanda said, "I think Tench was leaning on you in hopes you'd panic and do something dumb – like bail out and confess to the affair.""