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Definition of Leak out
1. Verb. Be leaked. "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
Definition of Leak out
1. Verb. (intransitive) To come out of, because of a leak ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) to be revealed (especially, of information intended to be kept secret) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leak Out
Literary usage of Leak out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"TRANSPIRE, EXHALE, leak out. Transpire originally meant to be sent off as vapor,
to be breathed out, from Latin trans, through, and spirare, to breathe. ..."
2. A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary by James Curtis Hepburn (1886)
"... accepted; to be received in marriage, able to be received. MORE,-RU ^\s*- -;g
iv To leak, to leak out, escape; to be left out, omitted or overlooked: ..."
3. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin by A. Woodward (1853)
"Your sympathies never leak out in that way. You are too shrewd for that. Fie !
Fie ! it is all wind, and it costs you but little to blow it out. ..."
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