BAILING OUT Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

bailing out

verb

present participle of bail out

as in exiting

to leave a place often for another if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out

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as in rescuing

to remove from danger or harm the government bailed out the savings and loan industry

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Recent Examples of bailing out The suspect driver continued speeding along surface streets at up to 80 mph, with one passenger bailing out before the driver took off again. — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Las Vegas Night Bail Bondsmen, celebrating the industry of bailing out frat boys who let loose a bit too much in Vegas. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 That single-mindedness, that Brady drive, bailing out the rest of the team, was clearer than ever here. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 1 July 2026 Changes to fiscal policies so that the government does not continue bailing out inefficient state enterprises. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026 Companies are also bailing out of green-fuel research. — Dave Trecker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026 First, in 2008, one of the central features of the crisis response was a commitment to bailing out capital, but little emphasis on helping ordinary people. — Ganesh Sitaraman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026 But Horishima went off balance through the moguls, bailing out of his final jump. — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026 Trump has previously punished or threatened all four leaders for failing to fall in line with his demands, while boosting and bailing out allies who show loyalty. — Megan Janetsky, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026

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Shortly after exiting, Hawley complained of feeling lightheaded before slumping to the ground and going unconscious.

— Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Brazell was shot shortly after exiting an AC Transit bus near Lakeshore Avenue and Mandana Boulevard.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026

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Israel has been training and deploying its own dogs for military combat while simultaneously rescuing dogs from the Gaza Strip in humanitarian missions and finding them new Israeli homes.

— Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
Firefighters did not say if anyone needed rescuing from their vehicles.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

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Instead of simply moving the body without the patient’s involvement, HAL responds to the person’s own intention to move.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Others are already moving confidently through modern cities, studying, working and shaping lives increasingly separate from traditional expectations.

— PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026

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Parton invested time and money in causes that were important to her, including funding college tuition and saving bald eagles.

— Maggie Penman, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Insider tip Guests can check the availability of washing machines and the public bath right from the TV in each room, saving a trip downstairs or a call to the front desk.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

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Sima Sistani, who led WeightWatchers for close to three years before departing in 2024, is launching Liberation of Flowers, inspired by her Persian roots.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held what was expected to be her final gaggle outside the West Wing on Thursday, her last day on the job before departing the role.

— Natalie Allison, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of departing

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Argentina is producing oil and gas like never before, helping make crude the country’s leading export for the first time, though worries persist that the economy is running along two tracks.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Video captured by e-biker Jamaal Harrison shows the small pig running along Hayworth Avenue near West Hollywood as Harrison follows on his bike.

— USA TODAY, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of running along

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If summer is about peeling off layers, fall is about bringing them back.

— Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
Ultimately, Farage decided that his party would only run candidates in areas that had traditionally been strongholds for Labour, in hopes of peeling off voters who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Conservatives.

— Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of peeling off

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