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Definition of rescue bid in English: rescue bidnoun 1An attempt to save someone or something from a dangerous or precarious situation. Essex University may launch a rescue bid to save the Palace Theatre Example sentencesExamples - The managing director of National Stadium, the company which runs Hampden Park, has appealed to the Scottish Executive to approve a last-minute rescue bid proposed by Glasgow City Council.
- Now his rescue bids have earned him a top life-saving award from the Royal Humane Society.
- Military personnel were dispatched to halt a rescue bid by Christmas Island residents and to offload the asylum seekers onto a naval vessel.
- Marlborough Carnival will be staged this year after all, thanks to the success of a rescue bid.
- The downfall of Lehman, which triggered the biggest banking crisis since the Great Depression, came after a rescue bid by the high street bank Barclays failed to materialise.
- But a dispute between the council and the village over conditions in the contract could scupper the rescue bid.
- President Putin was criticised for remaining on holiday in the first days of the disaster and rescue bid.
- Rover collapsed with the loss of 5,000 jobs this month after a potential rescue bid from China failed to materialise.
- Late this afternoon, a meeting of creditors voted down a rescue bid for the company.
- British officials last night also denied there had been a botched rescue bid.
- A number of motorists mounted rescue bids to free people trapped in the wreckage of the crashed cars.
- The rescue bid lasted about five minutes, the pilot said.
- Nineteen South Korean or US vessels and eight helicopters were involved in the rescue bid along with 170 divers or other rescuers.
- A rescue bid has been tabled for a Bradford fireplace company which closed leaving scores of angry customers out of pocket.
- Local reporters inside Parliament House said the situation inside was tense, with the insurgents fearful of a military rescue bid.
- Witnesses told the inquest the rescue bid descended into chaos with no one taking charge.
- Mr Bunting was also presented with a Royal Humane Society award in recognition of the vital role he played in the rescue bid.
- Analysts claimed that the rescue bid may fail due to a market oversaturated by gaffe ridden liars.
- The daring rescue bid began after a diver spotted the shark off Australia's New South Wales.
- It is understood that one of the men was struck in the face by a winch hook during the knife-edge rescue bid.
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A bid intended to get one's partner out of a contract which could not be made. Example sentencesExamples - B's "rescue" bid was the second mistake in the hand.
- There are several other variations of established first responses to an opening of a Gambling 3 No Trump. One variation is presented below, which employs the so-called Rescue Bid.
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