I hope that news of the new building does not leak out before the contract is signed.
•When the story leaked out, my telephone would not stop ringing.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
leak out — {v. phr.} To become known; escape. * /The famous beauty queen tried to keep her marriage a secret, but news of it soon leaked out./ … Dictionary of American idioms
leak out — verb be leaked (Freq. 4) The news leaked out despite his secrecy • Syn: ↑leak • Derivationally related forms: ↑leak (for: ↑leak), ↑leaker ( … Useful english dictionary
leak out — v. (D; intr.) to leak out to (the news leaked out to the press) * * * [ liːk aʊt] (D; intr.) to leak out to (the news leak outed out to the press) … Combinatory dictionary
leak out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms leak out : present tense I/you/we/they leak out he/she/it leaks out present participle leaking out past tense leaked out past participle leaked out to become known by the public News leaked out that he was… … English dictionary
leak out — phr verb Leak out is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑news, ↑radiation, ↑word … Collocations dictionary
leak out — Synonyms and related words: appear, be revealed, become known, break forth, break out, break through, come forth, come out, come to light, debouch, distill, dribble, drip, drop, emerge, erupt, exit, find vent, get out, issue, issue forth, leak,… … Moby Thesaurus
leak\ out — v. phr. To become known; escape. The famous beauty queen tried to keep her marriage a secret, but news of it soon leaked out … Словарь американских идиом
leak out — slowly seep out through a hole or crack; gradually become known (i.e. secret) … English contemporary dictionary
To leak out — Leak Leak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaked} (l[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaking}.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. l[ae]kke, Sw. l[ a]cka, AS. leccan to wet, moisten. See {Leak}, n.] 1. To let water or other fluid in or out… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ˌleak ˈout — phrasal verb to become known by the public … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
