Definition of "leak out" [leak out]

• To come out of, because of a leak (verb)
• To be revealed (especially, of information intended to be kept secret) (verb)

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• "Exactly why the mutant stomachs collect less drug is currently unclear, but it may well be that the mutation allows the chloroquine to leak out through the PfCRT pump.6"
• "Then withdraw the point carefully, applying pressure to the eyelid so blood and cerebrospinal fluid don't leak out into the eye socket, which could upset the patient."
• "The week of May 10, 2004, word began to leak out of Washington that the Institute of Medicine committee that had been asked to conduct a broad “immunization safety review” three years earlier had completed its final report."