1
                           general:: 
                            Phrase(s): seep through something 
[for a fluid] to permeate something and escape.  •  The oil seeped through the gasket onto the ground.  •  Some water seeped through the ceiling, ruining our carpet as well as the ceiling.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs