leak : Idioms & Phrases

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leak fungus

  • noun fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes
    Rhizopus stolonifer; ring rot fungus.
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leak out

  • verb be leaked
    leak.
    • The news leaked out despite his secrecy
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news leak

  • noun unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
    leak.
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take a leak

  • verb eliminate urine
    wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; pee; urinate; puddle; piss.
    • Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
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To leak out

  • to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out.
Webster 1913

To spring a leak

  • to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.
  • (Naut.), to begin to leak.
Webster 1913