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to bail

to bail

247 7.1
Leave suddenly to avoid a responsibility or task
  • verb
  • /beɪl/
  • UK
: largarse (informal, irse de forma repentina)
  • You're just gonna bail on us?

So I think we're going to bail, come back another day.

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Examples

Synonyms

to get out of here
vsto bail
  • Informal
∞ 3.0

Leave a place quickly or suddenly

more often implies leaving to dodge a duty or responsibility
to flee
vsto bail
331 2.4

To run away from a place because it is dangerous

may instead imply leaving to dodge responsibilities rather than danger
to take off
vsto bail
273 3.2

To leave a place quickly, often to travel somewhere else

is more tied to avoiding duties or abrupt abandonment
to walk out
vsto bail
  • Informal
112 3.4

Leave a place suddenly because you are angry or protesting

is usually to avoid duty, not primarily to show protest
to up and leave
vsto bail
  • Informal
41 6.3

Go away suddenly without warning or explanation

is similar but specifically includes avoiding obligations
to skip town
vsto bail
  • Informal
28 8.1

Leave a place suddenly and secretly to avoid trouble or debt

is similar but can be sudden without secrecy
to skip out
vsto bail
  • Informal
22 7.2

To leave without telling anyone to avoid a duty or responsibility

is broader, covering sudden leaving as well as avoiding duties
to make off
vsto bail
19 6.4

To run away quickly after stealing or committing a crime

is not limited to criminal escape and includes duty avoidance
to fly the coop
vsto bail
  • Informal
12 7.9

To leave a place suddenly without permission

is used more generally for leaving suddenly or avoiding duties
to abscond
vsto bail
  • Formal
11 8.5

To leave quickly and secretly with money or things to avoid being caught

is less criminal and can simply mean avoiding a duty
to fled the scene
vsto bail
11 4.4

Leave a place quickly to avoid being caught after causing or seeing trouble

is broader, applying to avoiding responsibility as well as escape
to get out of Dodge
vsto bail
  • Informal
7 9.2

Leave a place quickly to avoid trouble or danger

can also mean abandoning a responsibility without clear danger
to bolt from
vsto bail
  • Informal
5 5.8

To leave a place suddenly and unexpectedly

is similar but often stresses avoiding a duty or obligation
to bolt out
vsto bail
  • Informal
5 4.9

Leave a place suddenly and quickly because you feel scared

can imply intent to avoid responsibility rather than just urgency
to run out of town
vsto bail
5 6.6

Leave a place quickly because people are angry or you are in trouble

matches with avoidance but also includes sudden departures in general
to bug-out
vsto bail
  • Slang
3 8.2

To leave a place quickly to escape danger

is less about danger and more about avoiding duties or leaving suddenly
to blow town
vsto bail
  • Informal
2 9.8

To leave a place quickly to avoid trouble

can also mean leaving suddenly without an avoidance reason
to rush away
vsto bail
2 2.5

Leave a place quickly because you are in a hurry

often involves avoiding responsibility rather than mere haste
to pop off
vsto bail
  • UK
1 7.9

To leave a place quickly, often without saying goodbye

is more focused on avoiding a duty as a motive
to skidoo
vsto bail
  • Archaic
9.1

To leave quickly to avoid trouble or attention

is similar but also covers simply leaving without avoidance motive
to make a bolt
vsto bail
6.8

To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid

adds the idea of avoiding responsibility as a common motive
to take your hook
vsto bail
  • Archaic
9.9

Leave a place quickly because you are not welcome

can specifically imply leaving to dodge a responsibility
to sling one's hook
vsto bail
  • Archaic
9.9

To leave quickly because people do not want you there

can also mean leaving to evade responsibility rather than rejection

Antonyms

to stay
∞ 1.0

To remain in one place and not leave

Phrasal Verbs

to bail out
84 3.7

Give money to stop a person or business from failing

to bail out
  • Informal
42 4.4

Pay money to free someone from jail

to bail out
3 4.7

Remove water from a boat by scooping it out

Compounds

bail bond
  • Formal
4 6.6

A written promise to pay money if a person accused of a crime does not go to court

How Committed

to persist
62 3.7
to stay
∞ 1.0
to leave
∞ 1.0
to bail
  • UK
247 7.1
to abandon
773 3.1

Surface Forms

bail infinitive
bailed past
bailed past participle
bailing present participle
bails third person singular

Etymology

Bail (leave suddenly) is modern slang and a helpful way to remember it is to think of 'bailing out' of a plane — you leave quickly. So to bail on someone means to suddenly leave or avoid a duty.