1An attempt to save someone or something from a dangerous or precarious situation.
Essex University may launch a rescue bid to save the Palace Theatre
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The managing director of National Stadium, the company which runs Hampden Park, has appealed to the Scottish Executive to approve a last-minute rescue bid proposed by Glasgow City Council.
Now his rescue bids have earned him a top life-saving award from the Royal Humane Society.
Military personnel were dispatched to halt a rescue bid by Christmas Island residents and to offload the asylum seekers onto a naval vessel.
Marlborough Carnival will be staged this year after all, thanks to the success of a rescue bid.
The downfall of Lehman, which triggered the biggest banking crisis since the Great Depression, came after a rescue bid by the high street bank Barclays failed to materialise.
But a dispute between the council and the village over conditions in the contract could scupper the rescue bid.
President Putin was criticised for remaining on holiday in the first days of the disaster and rescue bid.
Rover collapsed with the loss of 5,000 jobs this month after a potential rescue bid from China failed to materialise.
Late this afternoon, a meeting of creditors voted down a rescue bid for the company.
British officials last night also denied there had been a botched rescue bid.
A number of motorists mounted rescue bids to free people trapped in the wreckage of the crashed cars.
The rescue bid lasted about five minutes, the pilot said.
Nineteen South Korean or US vessels and eight helicopters were involved in the rescue bid along with 170 divers or other rescuers.
A rescue bid has been tabled for a Bradford fireplace company which closed leaving scores of angry customers out of pocket.
Local reporters inside Parliament House said the situation inside was tense, with the insurgents fearful of a military rescue bid.
Witnesses told the inquest the rescue bid descended into chaos with no one taking charge.
Mr Bunting was also presented with a Royal Humane Society award in recognition of the vital role he played in the rescue bid.
Analysts claimed that the rescue bid may fail due to a market oversaturated by gaffe ridden liars.
The daring rescue bid began after a diver spotted the shark off Australia's New South Wales.
It is understood that one of the men was struck in the face by a winch hook during the knife-edge rescue bid.
2Bridge A bid intended to get one's partner out of a contract which could not be made.
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B's "rescue" bid was the second mistake in the hand.
There are several other variations of established first responses to an opening of a Gambling 3 No Trump. One variation is presented below, which employs the so-called Rescue Bid.