bail out on

See also: bail and bail out

English

Verb

bail out on (third-person singular simple present bails out on, present participle bailing out on, simple past and past participle bailed out on)

1. To abandon, or stop supporting someone or something.
   • 2004 December 11, Faisal al Yafai, Owen Bowcott and Michael White, “Meet the DUP's new MP ... for Basingstoke”, in The Guardian‎^[1], page Politics:

     But he's just kind of jumped ship. He's bailed out on Basingstoke as a town without even warning us.

Usage notes

• The verb and particles are inseparable.

Synonyms

• leave in the lurch
• walk out on