spill out
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[edit]Verb
[edit]spill out (third-person singular simple present spills out, present participle spilling out, simple past and past participle spilled out or spilt out)
- (intransitive, said of people) to exit (outside) in large quantities
- People were spilling out of the stadium after the game.
- (intransitive, said of emotions or feelings) to be released without constraint
- Abuse spilled out of her mouth.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spill, out.
- Be careful with that jug! The water is spilling out.