take bail
11bail out — verb 1. free on bail • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑free, ↑liberate, ↑release, ↑unloose, ↑unloosen, ↑loose …
12bail (out) — in. to resign or leave; to get free of someone or something. □ I can’t take any more. I’m going to bail out. □ Albert bailed just before he got fired …
13take leg bail — phrasal see give leg bail …
14bail out — Synonyms and related words: abet, aid, arise, assist, avail, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, break away, break cover, break forth, break jail, break loose, burst forth, come, come forth, come out, comfort, cut loose, debouch, deliver, disembogue …
15bail (out) on someone — in. to depart and leave someone behind; to abandon someone. □ Bob bailed out on me and left me to take all the blame …
16commissioners of bail — Officers appointed by the court to take bail in cases of arrest on civil process …
17give leg bail — phrasal or take leg bail : to run away : escape * * * give leg bail To run for it • • • Main Entry: ↑bail …
18To jump one's bail — Jump Jump, v. t. 1. To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch. [1913 Webster] 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.]… …
19jump bail — Synonyms and related words: abscond, absquatulate, beat a retreat, bolt, clear out, cut and run, decamp, depart, desert, elope, flee, fly, fugitate, go AWOL, jump, levant, make off, run, run away, run away from, run away with, run for it, run off …
20commissioners of bail — Officers appointed to take recognizances of bail in civil cases …