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bail out

(STOP) mainly US (UK also bale out) phrasal verb with bail
 
 
/beɪl/ verb

Definition

to stop doing or being involved with something: The actor has bailed out of the film after only three weeks' shooting.Stop having or doing something
(Definition of bail out (STOP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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