to bail out
84
3.7
- phrasal verb
- /beɪl aʊt/
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rescatar
- The U.S. Treasury bailed out the banking sector so that it could start lending again.
- bailed out the banks
- government bailed out firms
Carol, you have bailed me out of so many.
- Carol, you have bailed me out of so many.
- Or can we, can we bail out the banks that way?
- So my parents bailed me out a week later, right?
- So they started the Fed now had to bail out the shadow banks.
- And of course the really big mistake before was to bail out bank equity holders.
- Rich people don't pay all the fees and get bailed out.
- She made it very clear that they would not bail out this bank.
- The banks themselves, you know, had to be sort of bailed out in this really slow motion way.
- But the difference is we bailed these people out.
- And I really don't expect them to not bail out these guys.
- So just as central banks bail out Wall Street, perhaps the IMF will have to bail out the central banks.
- When they go belly up, who has to bail them out?
- Obviously when he finally got to Lehman Brothers in September, he didn't bail them out.
Examples
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So when General Motors got into a crisis, the US government bailed out General Motors.
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When the country is in trouble, I'll bail them out.
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Or can we, can we bail out the banks that way?
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Look, I came down to bail you out.
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We passed the hat and got money to bail her out.
Academic text (2005) -
Hi, I'm here to bail out my buddy.
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Under his watch, the US also bailed out big banks and entire industries.
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In the fall of 2008, governments across the West rushed to bail out their ailing financial institutions.
Academic text (2018) -
In response to the economic crisis, the government decided to bail out struggling businesses to prevent mass bankruptcies.
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Many are concerned that taxpayers will have to bail out corporations that make poor financial decisions.
Synonyms
486
1.0
To do something for someone who cannot do it alone
Antonyms
How Much Help
- Specialized
25
6.8
730
1.0
84
3.7
- US
164
6.0
753
1.4
262
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to give financial help to prevent failure' is a metaphorical extension of the literal verb 'bail' (to remove water) combined with 'out' (removal/away), so there is a recognizable relation of 'removing someone from trouble' but the specific financial-rescue meaning is not directly predictable from the literal senses. Because the connection depends on a metaphorical transfer and background knowledge of the idiomatic use, an average B1 learner who knows only the literal constituents would likely not infer the exact meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Bail out meaning to give financial help comes from the image of bailing out a boat, scooping out water to keep it afloat. That's why to bail out a company means 'to rescue it from failure' with money or help.