bailed out
Left sinking ship
Bailed out means rescued from difficulty, especially financial trouble.
A government bails out a failing bank; a friend bails you out when you're short on rent.
The phrase comes from two sources: bailing water from a sinking boat, and posting bail to release someone from jail.
Both suggest extraction from a bad situation.
To bail out of a plane is to parachute to safety.
The taxpayers bailed out the auto industry.
- parachutedDescended using fabric canopy
- golden parachuteLucrative exit agreement
- emergency landingUnscheduled descent due to crisis
- rescueSave from harm
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
help · ditched · extricate · debt relief · ejected · rescue operation · too big to fail · redeem · escape plan · recover · lifeline · emergency exit · deliver · defaulted · parole · jumped ship · liberate · sinking
bailed outpersevered
Continued despite difficulty
doubled down · stood by · committed · persisted · stayed put
bailed outabandoned
Left behind completely
cut loose · hung out to dry · left in the lurch · left high and dry · forsook
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