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Hevtolo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
baled on work
hi all. I have a sentence that i cannot understand
"I am bailed on work right now"
Dos this mean that the person has left work on providing something else to the employee ?
"I am bailed on work right now"
Dos this mean that the person has left work on providing something else to the employee ?
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I don't think you got that right. I've never heard "bail" used that way. There is a slang expression "to bail on something/someone", meaning to abandon it or them.
- I don't think you got that right.
- I've never heard "bail" used that way.
- There is a slang expression "to bail on something/someone", meaning to abandon it or them.
- That "bail" is short for "bail out", the way a parachutist bails out of an airplane.
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I don't think you got that right. I've never heard "bail" used that way. There is a slang expression "to bail on something/someone", meaning to abandon it or them. That "bail" is short for "bail out", the way a parachutist bails out of an airplane.
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This is an expression if used correctly would be understood in the USA by most of its residents.
I bailed on work to me means I never went in to work. To bail on something means that you didn't meet your obligation to go.
I bailed on work to me means I never went in to work. To bail on something means that you didn't meet your obligation to go.
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