go bail

English

Phrase

go bail

1. To pay bail in order to get an accused defendant out of jail after an arrest or pending trial or appeal.
2. (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:

     "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."

Anagrams

• Baglio, bolgia