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To rescue, especially financially.
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Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
Modified by acronimous on May 09, 2021
More phrases:
- catch on
- cry out against
- fall for
- fall into
- finish off
- fire up
- keep down
- look up
- measure up
- plump up
- pour out
- put on
- run by
- run through
- sniff out
- straighten out
- tag along
- take away
- take down
- think over
- throw out
- track down
- around the clock
- by and large
- by hook or by crook
- by leaps and bounds
- chain reaction
- cross someone's path
- cut and dried
- dead on
- down the drain
- drop a dime
- elbow room
- flower
- follow through
- for goodness' sake
- from cover to cover
- get it
- get the ball rolling
- give birth
- go without saying
- hack it
- hang out one's shingle
- heart of gold
- hit the spot
- hustle and bustle
- in order
- it takes two to tango
- king
- lip service
- lucky break
- middle of the road
- nine lives
- no joy
- not in kansas anymore
- nugget of truth
- off and on
- old stick
- on a full stomach
- on a roll
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