leak out
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]leak out (third-person singular simple present leaks out, present participle leaking out, simple past and past participle leaked out)
- (intransitive) To spill or pour out, because of a leak.
- Water leaked out onto the floor.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be revealed (especially, of information intended to be kept secret).
- The news of her pregnancy eventually leaked out to the press.
- (transitive, figurative) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
- 2003 October 28, Simson Garfinkel, “Insiders To Blame For Leaked Flicks”, in MIT Technology Review[1], archived from the original on 2023-06-07:
- For example, when U2 songs appeared on the Internet before they were pressed onto CDs, it was someone inside the recording studio who leaked them out.
- 2015 December 13, Logesh Balachandran, quoting Simbu, The Times of India[2], archived from the original on 2015-12-22:
- Someone has invaded my privacy, stolen my song from me and leaked it out on the internet.