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go bail

go bail phrase: to pay bail in order to get an accused defendant out of jail after an arrest or pending trial or appeal.

Phrase

go bail

  1. To pay bail in order to get an accused defendant out of jail after an arrest or pending trial or appeal.
  2. (figuratively) To be certain; to be sure of something.
    • "No, young fellah my lad, there is no use deceiving yourself. I'll go bail for it that nothing has ever been written upon this paper."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about go bail

What does go bail mean?
Go bail means to pay bail in order to get an accused defendant out of jail after an arrest or pending trial or appeal.
What part of speech is go bail?
Go bail is a phrase.

Words near go bail in the dictionary

  1. go back to your country
  2. go backwards
  3. go bad
  4. go bag
  5. go bags
  6. go bail
  7. go ballistic
  8. go balls up
  9. go bananas
  10. go band for band
  11. go bankrupt

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