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Phrase(s): flood out (of something)
1. Lit. [for water or something that flows] to rush out of something. • The water flooded out of the break in the dam. 2. Fig. [for people] to rush out of something or some place. • The people flooded out of the theater, totally disgusted with the performance.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs