BAILING OUT Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

bailing out

verb

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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 Hochul can't pass a budget on time, can't keep the trains running, and cares more about bailing out Zohran Mamdani than the commuters stranded on platforms. —

Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 May 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 Melanie Anzidei and Meg Linehan got behind the bare facts to explain in full how and why the NWSL fought so hard to stop Rodman bailing out of the United States as a free agent. —

Phil Hay, New York Times, 26 Jan. 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 Dallas could have won back-to-back games but left looking like a team that can’t count on its offense bailing out the defense on a weekly basis. —

Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025 The administration drew backlash last month after agreeing to provide $20 billion in currency support to help stabilize the Argentine peso, a move critics have characterized as effectively bailing out Argentina. —

Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025

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Rather than pivoting the space again, Tilford said his restaurant group is exiting entirely.

— Jenna Thompson June 1, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
Demonstrators have been attempting to block people and vehicles from entering and exiting, linking their arms in a human chain and using trash cans, umbrellas and other items as makeshift shields and barricades.

— Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026