Betekenis van bail out In het Nederlands

• 0 to jump out of an aircraft with a parachute because the aircraft is going to have an accident:

  • The plane's engine failed and the pilot was forced to bail out.

• 1 to stop doing or being involved with something:

  • The actor has bailed out of the film after only three weeks' shooting.

• 2 to jump out of an aircraft with a parachute, esp. because the aircraft is about to have an accident:

  • The pilot barely had time to bail out.

  • The TV show triggered a number of protests, and some of the sponsors bailed out.

• 3 to stop doing something or being involved in something:

  • Investors bailed out on hearing of a first-quarter profits slump.