go bail
English
Phrase
- To pay bail in order to get an accused defendant out of jail after an arrest or pending trial or appeal.
- (figurative) To be certain; to be sure of something.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, OCLC 1029993343:
- "No, young fellah my lad, there is no use deceiving yourself. I'll go bail for it that nothing has ever been written upon this paper."
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