spring a leak
idiom
: to start to leak : to suddenly let water in or out through a crack or break
The pipe suddenly sprung a leak.
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There is no shortage of seams and fittings aboard the station, any one of which could spring a leak and threaten the lives of the crew aboard.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 13 June 2024
With Julian Blackmon coming off a knee injury, the back end could be shaky enough early in the season to spring a leak.
—Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2022
Pour in enough pickle juice to keep everything fairly wet, seal the bag and place it in a dish big enough to contain the chaos should the bag spring a leak.
—Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 8 Aug. 2020
The hole was patched once again, but the crew's flight home did come with the risk that the orbital module would once again spring a leak.
—Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2018
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 13 June 2024
With Julian Blackmon coming off a knee injury, the back end could be shaky enough early in the season to spring a leak.
—Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2022
Pour in enough pickle juice to keep everything fairly wet, seal the bag and place it in a dish big enough to contain the chaos should the bag spring a leak.
—Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 8 Aug. 2020
The hole was patched once again, but the crew's flight home did come with the risk that the orbital module would once again spring a leak.
—Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2018
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“Spring a leak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20a%20leak. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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