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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Details continued to spill out that clearly sought to paint Costner as a divo whose unreasonableness was stifling production.
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Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
There are two stunning sequences — one that starts in a restaurant’s kitchen and spills out into the front of the house, and another in a Marriott hotel room that gets destroyed.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Eventually the discord in the kitchen spills out into the dining room and that is when everyone knows things have gone too far.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
One of the boys can be seen with his stomach torn open and his organs spilling out onto the stretcher, his eyes still hanging open.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
There are two stunning sequences — one that starts in a restaurant’s kitchen and spills out into the front of the house, and another in a Marriott hotel room that gets destroyed.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Eventually the discord in the kitchen spills out into the dining room and that is when everyone knows things have gone too far.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
One of the boys can be seen with his stomach torn open and his organs spilling out onto the stretcher, his eyes still hanging open.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Spill out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spill%20out. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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