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out on bail
Idioms and Phrases
Released from custody on the basis of bail being posted, as in The lawyer promised to get him out on bail . This expression alludes to a payment made to the court as surety that the accused will appear for trial.Example Sentences
She remains out on bail after posting a $230,000 bond.
The day she was let out on bail, Ebell picked her up at the jail, took her to her grandparents house and they had sex, the lawsuit alleged.
Bibi, who has been out on bail since last October, was taken into custody in court after her sentence was announced.
But more than a week later, Manatt is out on bail and the Orange County District Attorney’s office has not received a case file from police.
His lawyers are still fighting to get the rapper out on bail.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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