leak out

present singular third person leaks out · participle present leaking out · participle past leaked out · past leaked out

1. intransitiveTo spill or pour out, because of a leak.

   Water leaked out onto the floor.

   Synonyms: escape

2. figurativelyintransitiveTo be revealed (especially, of information intended to be kept secret).

   The news of her pregnancy eventually leaked out to the press.

3. figurativelytransitiveTo disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.

   Someone has invaded my privacy, stolen my song from me and leaked it out on the internet.

   2015 December 13, Logesh Balachandran, quoting Simbu, The Times of India, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2015

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   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.

   2003 October 28, Simson Garfinkel, “Insiders To Blame For Leaked Flicks”, in MIT Technology Review, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023