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.
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Priyadarshini said the 40 or so students who submitted artwork were creative with their drawings, from birds and natural environments to fantasy creatures spilling out of a vortex.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
But eventually, his decades of mistreatment come spilling out of her, and Smart’s palpable grief for a life and family lost is devastating to witness.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Some of the tension spilled out of the courtroom on Thursday, with Geragos and Comey making a beeline out of the judge’s robing room and exiting the courtroom.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
The place got busy, with revelers spilling out from the sidewalk seating that stretched around the corner onto the dead end.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 June 2025
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
But eventually, his decades of mistreatment come spilling out of her, and Smart’s palpable grief for a life and family lost is devastating to witness.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Some of the tension spilled out of the courtroom on Thursday, with Geragos and Comey making a beeline out of the judge’s robing room and exiting the courtroom.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
The place got busy, with revelers spilling out from the sidewalk seating that stretched around the corner onto the dead end.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for spill out
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“Spill out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spill%20out. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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