bail

/beɪl/ verb

Definition

be bailed › If someone is bailed until a particular time, they can leave prison until then if they pay money to the court.

(Definition of bail verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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