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spill over
verb as in overflow
Example Sentences
When she was teaching, Jen says WhatsApp groups for year groups of pupils also caused issues, particularly among the older children, if discussions or arguments spilled over into real-life in the playground.
It was after that vote that things spilled over into the incident which cost Hepburn his job.
The governor said they were now being told to avoid confrontations, but anger spilled over in another confrontation with Thai troops on 4 September.
"They need migrant workers to keep up with development, but Haiti's violence is spilling over to Turks and Caicos."
After a summer of discontent which saw racial tensions spill over in parts of Northern Ireland, it's fair to say there hasn't exactly been a joint response from the executive to it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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