"bail on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bails on [present, singular, third-person], bailing on [participle, present], bailed on [participle, past], bailed on [past]
Etymology: Ellipsis of bail out on. Etymology templates: {{ellip|en|bail out on}} Ellipsis of bail out on Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bail on (third-person singular simple present bails on, present participle bailing on, simple past and past participle bailed on)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon (someone or something). Tags: idiomatic, transitive

Inflected forms

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    },
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