flow out
flow out
1. To rush out of something, as of a liquid. I pulled out the bathtub's stopper, causing the water to flow out.
2. By extension, to move or spill quickly out of someone in a fluid, effortless manner. I couldn't stop myself, even though I knew I was rambling—the words just kept flowing out.
3. To move quickly out of some place or thing in large numbers. As soon as the dismissal bell rang, kids began flowing out.
See also: flow, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
flow out
(of something)1. Lit. to course out of something. The apple juice flowed out of the press as we turned the crank. It stopped flowing out when we had crushed the apples totally.
2. Fig. [for people] to issue forth from something. The people flowed out of the stadium exits. At the end of the game, the people flowed out in a steady stream.
See also: flow, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- flow out of (someone or something)
- flood out of
- flood out of (something)
- flood out
- drain out
- flow over
- flow over (someone or something)
- spill over
- submerge
- submerged