bailed
/beɪld/verb
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To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
To release a person under such guarantee.
To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
Example: to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier
To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
Example: to bail water out of a boat
verb
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To exit quickly.
Example: With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail.
To fail to meet a commitment.
verb
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To secure the head of a cow during milking.
verb
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To confine.
To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)