B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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[bail out] (1) {v.}
1. To secure release from prison until trial by leaving or promising money or property for a while.
When college students got into trouble with the police, the college president would always bail them out.
2. {informal}
To free […]
[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.
[bail out] (3) {v.}
To dip water from a filling or leaking boat; throw water out of a boat to prevent its sinking.
Both men were kept busy bailing out the rowboat after it began to leak.
[baker's dozen] {n.}, {informal}
Thirteen.
"How many of the jelly doughnuts, Sir? " the salesclerk asked. "Oh, make it a baker's dozen."
[ball]
See:
[BASE ON BALLS],
[CARRY THE BALL],
[FLY BALL],
[FOUL BALL],
[GET THE BALL ROLLING],
[SET THE BALL ROLLING],
[START THE BALL ROLLING],
[GOPHER BALL],
[GROUND BALL],
[HAVE A BALL],
[HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BALL],
[JUMP BALL],
[KEEP […]
[ball game] {n.}, {slang}, also {informal}
The entire matter at hand; the whole situation; the entire contest.
You said we can get a second mortgage for the house?! Wow! That's a whole new ball game.