bail out
🪂 bail out
Concrete Meaning
To abandon a failing situation or rescue someone from trouble, originating from a pilot parachuting out of a crashing airplane.
💬 Context & Examples
Use this when you need to urgently exit a bad business deal, or when a government provides financial rescue to a failing company.
- "When the startup started losing millions, the original investors decided to bail out."
- "The government had to bail out the banks to prevent a total economic collapse."
🧠 Pattern Challenge
Test Yourself
If you bail out of a situation, is the situation usually going well or going poorly?
Show Answer
It is going very poorly. You only bail out when the "plane" is crashing and cannot be saved.