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 figurativelyAll his thoughts suddenly came spilling out.
He spilled his thoughts out to her.
Examples of spill out in a Sentence
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The house spills out onto a brick terrace around a large rectangular pool.
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
The portion is generous, spilling out with each bite.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
In a white building on the corner of Washington and Twelfth Streets, kids laugh and ride their scooters in the parking lot while soulful music spills out and invites visitors to step inside.
—The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2024
All this spilled out after Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, a waiter at Mezzaluna returning glasses Brown’s mother had left at the restaurant earlier that evening, were killed outside Brown Simpson’s Brentwood home on June 12, 1994.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
In some parts of the New York City area, startled residents spilled out from tenements and row houses onto the sidewalks in front of their buildings in the minutes after the shaking stopped.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Dozens of students spilled out of Ida B. Wells Middle School in Washington, D.C., gripping cardboard solar eclipse glasses and chatting with excitement.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Of the approximately 102,000 spring Chinook smolts that spilled out of the 53-foot truck last week, more than 25,000 fish didn’t survive.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024
The crowd spilled out of the chambers during the council meeting, which almost never happens in El Monte.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
The portion is generous, spilling out with each bite.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
In a white building on the corner of Washington and Twelfth Streets, kids laugh and ride their scooters in the parking lot while soulful music spills out and invites visitors to step inside.
—The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2024
All this spilled out after Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, a waiter at Mezzaluna returning glasses Brown’s mother had left at the restaurant earlier that evening, were killed outside Brown Simpson’s Brentwood home on June 12, 1994.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
In some parts of the New York City area, startled residents spilled out from tenements and row houses onto the sidewalks in front of their buildings in the minutes after the shaking stopped.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Dozens of students spilled out of Ida B. Wells Middle School in Washington, D.C., gripping cardboard solar eclipse glasses and chatting with excitement.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Of the approximately 102,000 spring Chinook smolts that spilled out of the 53-foot truck last week, more than 25,000 fish didn’t survive.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024
The crowd spilled out of the chambers during the council meeting, which almost never happens in El Monte.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Spill out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spill%20out. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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