bail sb/sth out
UK also bale sb/sth out— phrasal verb with bail uk/beɪl/us/beɪl/verb
to help a person or organization that is in difficulty, usually by giving or lending them money:
She keeps running up huge debts and asking friends to bail her out.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- countenance
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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