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Phrase(s): leak out (of something)
[for a fluid] to seep out of something or some place. • Some of the brake fluid leaked out of the car and made a spot on the driveway. • Look under the car. Something’s leaking out., Phrase(s): leak out
[for information] to become known unofficially. • I hope that news of the new building does not leak out before the contract is signed. • When the story leaked out, my telephone would not stop ringing.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs