Guus Bosman

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bale out

Sun, 02/18/2007 - 6:00pm
Where I found or heard this: 

Terry Pratchett - Jingo

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Submitted by hiddink (not verified) on Sun, 06/24/2007 - 12:31pm

dont you mean 'bail out'?

(which also was the text on a cancel button in Leisure Suit Larry)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 06/24/2007 - 2:44pm

bale out is in soldiers language the word for jumping out of an airplane (with a parachute, por favor)
Mote about bail or bale on http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bai2.htm

Submitted by Guus on Mon, 06/25/2007 - 10:10pm

The expression "bail out" is common but "bale out" I hadn't seen before.

I read it in a book by Terry Pratchett, a British author, and he used it to describe scooping water out of a boat. This is (sometimes) "to bale out" in British English but always "to bail out" in the U.S.

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