Bailing Out

[Diane VanGorden <vang@BAKER.K12.MT.US>]

Thanks to Judy  Knudson (Lynden HS, Lyndenm WA)  and everyone else who =
replied to my question about bailing out:

Here is what I found in the American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms.

bail out 1. Empty water out of a boat, usually by dipping with a bucket or
other container. For example, We had to keep bailing out water from this
leaky canoe. [Early 1600's]
2. Rescue someone in an emergency, especially a financial crisis of some
kind, as in They wre counting on an inheritance to bail them out.
[Colloquial; 1900's].  3. Jump out of an airplane, using a parachute. For
example,  When the second engine sputtered, the pilot decided to bail out.
[c. 1930]  4. Give up on something, abandon a responsibility, as in  The
company was not doing well, so John decided to bail out while he could =
still
find another job. [Second half of 1900's]   5. See MAKE BAIL.=20

Happy Thanksgiving!


Diane VG
"VAN"

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Diane K. VanGorden, LMS
Baker High / Middle Schools
1015 S 3rd Street W / POB 659
Baker, MT  59313-0659  USA
  email  vang@baker.k12.mt.us
  voice  406 778-3329

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