spill out

phrasal verb

spilled out also spilt out; spilling out; spills out

: to fall, flow, or run over the edge of a container or to cause or allow (something) to fall, flow, or run over the edge of a container

The bag ripped open and the flour spilled out onto the floor.

The bag ripped open and spilled out its contents all over the floor.

She spilled the contents of her purse out on the table.

—sometimes used figuratively

All his thoughts suddenly came spilling out.

He spilled his thoughts out to her.

Examples of spill out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After building from a simmer over the past week, Musk’s feud with Trump spilled out into the open on Thursday as Musk continued to tweak the president’s signature legislation for raising the deficit. —Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 6 June 2025

Photo : Marcelo Lagos Photography The living room sports a fireplace and French doors spilling out to a veranda. —Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 June 2025

Mike White left to go film another season of Survivor, and all of The White Lotus season-three secrets came spilling out. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 June 2025

There’s no exact count of how many people fit inside Sahara, but to the naked eye, there appears to be roughly 20,000 people here to see him, with the crowd spilling out of the tent and extending up the adjacent hillside viewing area. —Katie Bain, Billboard, 28 May 2025

Rhymes for spill out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout