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leak out

verb
  1. To spill or pour out, because of a leak. (intransitive) · Water leaked out onto the floor.
  2. To be revealed (especially, of information intended to be kept secret). (figuratively, intransitive) · The news of her pregnancy eventually leaked out to the press.
  3. To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously. (figuratively, transitive)
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It is of enormous importance that nothing further should leak out.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 61 · B2

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