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bail on

bail on verb: to abandon (someone or something).

Verb

bail on (third-person singular simple present bails on, present participle bailing on, simple past and past participle bailed on)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To abandon (someone or something).

Forms of bail on

third-person singular presentbails on
present participlebailing on
past participlebailed on
pastbailed on

Origin of bail on

Ellipsis of bail out on.

Questions about bail on

What does bail on mean?
Bail on means to abandon (someone or something).
What part of speech is bail on?
Bail on is a verb.
What is the past tense of bail on?
The past tense of bail on is bailed on.

Words near bail on in the dictionary

  1. bail bondsman
  2. bail bondsmen
  3. bail in
  4. bail ins
  5. bail jumping
  6. bail on
  7. bail out
  8. bail out on
  9. bail up
  10. bail-in
  11. bail-ins

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