spill : Idioms & Phrases

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Oil spill

  • an accidental release of oil, usually into the ocean, due to damage to an oil tanker or uncontrolled release from an underwater well.
Webster 1913

spill out

  • verb be disgorged
    spill out; pour out.
    • The crowds spilled out into the streets
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spill over

  • verb overflow with a certain feeling
    bubble over; overflow.
    • The children bubbled over with joy
    • My boss was bubbling over with anger
  • verb be disgorged
    spill out; pour out.
    • The crowds spilled out into the streets
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spill the beans

  • verb divulge confidential information or secrets
    let the cat out of the bag; peach; babble; babble out; tattle; blab out; sing; blab; talk.
    • Be careful--his secretary talks
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Spilling line

  • (Naut.), a rope used for spilling, or dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail.
Webster 1913