spill over

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to overflow from an area into surrounding space

   Phrasal verb · Intransitive

   spill over / spill over into something

   Usage: In this overflow sense, into can name the surrounding space reached.

   The crowd began to spill over into nearby streets after the square filled.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The crowd began to spill over into nearby streets after the square filled.

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