leak out

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Related to leak out: seek out, lined up, passed on

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Verb

leak out - be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"

leak

get around, get out, break - be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning"

Translations

trapelare

w>leak out

vt sep news → zuspielen (to sb jdm)

(liquid) → auslaufen, durchsickern

(news) → durchsickern

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Poor Huck was in the same state of wretchedness and terror, for Tom had told the whole story to the lawyer the night before the great day of the trial, and Huck was sore afraid that his share in the business might leak out, yet, notwithstanding Injun Joe's flight had saved him the suffering of testifying in court.

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"In the second half, when we missed those shots, it led to some leak outs," Tinkle said.

Beavers' board disparity proves too much

We're a transition and pressure defense and they did a good job with their 2-3 zone of sprinting back and stopping us in transition and they were getting easy leak outs over the top because we weren't smart in our pressure.''