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Spill over

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
  2. 2
    overflow with a certain feeling wordnet
  3. 3
    (of an infectious disease) to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans intransitive
  4. 4
    be disgorged wordnet
  5. 5
    (of a bad emotion, situation, etc.) to reach a climax intransitive

    "undercurrents of popular discontent spilled over into outright revolt"

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