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See: JUMP BAIL.

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jump bail

[jump bail] or [skip bail] {v. phr.}, {informal} To run away and fail to come to trial, and so to give up a certain amount of money already given to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bail

[bail] See: [JUMP BAIL] or [SKIP BAIL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

out on bail

[out on bail] {adv. phr.} Released from prison because a security deposit known as "bail" has been put up by an individual or a bail bond broker. * /The murder […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bail out

[bail out] (2) {v.} To jump from an airplane and drop with a parachute. * /When the second engine failed, the pilot told everyone to bail out./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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