Definitions

make bail

VERB

guarantee

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assure ensure insure maintain protect prove secure support

STRONG

affirm angel attest aver back bankroll certify confirm cosign endorse evidence evince grubstake guaranty juice mortgage reassure stake swear testify wager warrant witness

WEAK

answer for be surety for bind oneself get behind give bond make certain make sure pick up the check pick up the tab sign for stand behind stand up for vouch for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

harm hurt injure let go neglect

STRONG

contradict deny discourage disprove invalidate oppose refute reject repudiate veto

WEAK

break

Example Sentences

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For more than two years they have been kept in a county jail, unable to make bail.

From BBC

“Another Wasted Life” is inspired by Kalief Browder, a New York City teenager who spent two years in solitary confinement at Rikers Island — three years in jail total — when he couldn’t make bail on a charge of stealing a backpack.

From Seattle Times

He will make bail, so he won’t be in jail.

From Seattle Times

Bogner couldn’t make bail—initially set at $150,000—so he was locked up in the Los Angeles County jail for 60 days.

From Science Magazine

It’s not uncommon for defendants who can’t make bail to lose their jobs and even their homes while in jail awaiting trial.

From Seattle Times

make bail

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