bale out
World English Dictionary
| bail out or bale out | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to make an emergency parachute jump from an aircraft |
| 2. | informal (tr) to help (a person, organization, etc) out of a predicament: the government bailed the company out |
| 3. | informal (intr) to escape from a predicament |
| bale out or bale out | |
| —vb | |
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| bale out | |
verb | |
| remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side [syn: bail out] |
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Bale out
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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