spill out

1. 1.

   be disgorged

   “The crowds spilled out into the streets”

   Synonymsspill overpour out

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Questions about spill out

What does spill out mean?

spill out means "be disgorged".

What is another word for spill out?

Close synonyms include spill over, pour out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spill out a common word?

spill out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.