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go bail

v. slang for putting up the bail money to get an accused defendant out of jail after an arrest or pending trial or appeal.

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I believe, myself, that they've seen such a knife, for Angelo pictured it out with his pencil too swiftly and handily for him to have been inventing it, and of course I can't swear that they've never had it; but this I'll go bail for--if they had it when they came to this town, they've got it yet.

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Even if he were not," said the curate, "I will go bail and answer for him that in this matter he will be as silent as a dummy, under pain of paying any penalty that may be pronounced.

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I'll go bail for it that nothing has ever been written upon this paper.

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