verb
be leaked (Freq. 4)
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The news leaked out despite his secrecy
• Syn: ↑leak
• Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑get out, ↑get around
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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leak out
1. (of air) to escape
2. (of secret information) to be divulged to the public without, or apparently without, authorization
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Main Entry: ↑leak
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ˌleak ˈout [intransitive] [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] phrasal verb
to become known by the public
News leaked out that he was leaving the show.
Thesaurus: to be, or to become knownsynonym
Main entry: leak
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ˌleak ˈout derived
(of secret information) to become known to the public
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Details of the plan soon leaked out.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.