bale out


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Verb1.bale out - remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the sidebale out - remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
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Translations
يَقْفِزُ بالمِظَلَّه
seskočit z letadla
stökkva út í fallhlíf
paraşütle atlamak

w>bale out

vi
(Aviat) → abspringen, aussteigen (inf)(of aus)
(Naut) → schöpfen
vt sep (Naut) waterschöpfen; shipausschöpfen, leer schöpfen
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bale2

(beil) verb
(also bail) to clear (water out of a boat with buckets etc). Several gallons of water were baled out of the boat.
bale out
to parachute from a plane in an emergency.
See also bail out under bail1
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