seep out

seep out

1. Of a liquid, gel, paste, etc., to leak or flow out of some crack, breach, or flaw in something. I realized there was a fire downstairs when I noticed smoke seeping into our bedroom. I made sure to make the container airtight so no moisture seeps in.
2. To become known to those from whom (something) was supposed to remain secret or classified. The senator always held himself up as a beacon of moral standards, but as rumors and details of his infidelities and substances abuses seeped out, he eventually became a pariah among his constituents. News of the merger seeped out months before the two companies made a formal announcement about it.
See also: out, seep
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

seep out (of something)

[for a fluid] to trickle or leak out of something. A lot of oil has seeped out of the car onto the driveway. There is oil seeping out. There must be a leak.
See also: out, seep
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

seep out

v.
1. To escape or pass slowly through small openings or pores: I think that gas is seeping out through a crack in the tank.
2. To become known to the public through a breach of secrecy: The details they refused to talk about will eventually seep out to the press.
See also: out, seep
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • leak out
  • seep in
  • seep in(to something)
  • paste (something) on
  • paste on
  • paste something on someone
  • leak through
  • leak through (something)
  • just a dab'll do ya
  • a little dab'll do ya
References in periodicals archive
Each evening, four tours will take place, with groups limited to 15 people at a time who will be guided around the ancient dungeon depths where corners and passages will be wreathed in shadows and voices from the past will seem to seep out of its stone walls.
As more tales of corrupt lobbying activity seep out of the nation's capital, the GOP is in the midst of damage control.
Humidity also causes formaldehyde gas to seep out of pressed-wood furniture, O'Connell says.
innards and the city itself seep out' to reveal the anthropomorphized 'object-like qualities' of a human body.