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spill over

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bubble over, overflow, spill oververb

    overflow with a certain feeling

    "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger"

  2. spill over, spill out, pour outverb

    be disgorged

    "The crowds spilled out into the streets"

Wiktionary

  1. spill oververb

    To enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spill over in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spill over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of spill over in a Sentence

  1. Peter Tuz:

    This is easily going to spill over into the second quarter, there isn't a day that goes by now without half a dozen companies expecting some sort of negative effect.

  2. Christine Lagarde:

    What has been demonstrated in the last few weeks is how much Asia is at the core of the global economy, and how much disruption in one market in Asia can actually spill over to the rest of the world.

  3. Clare Ostle:

    Many people now use reusable bags, recycle where possible and shop consciously by choosing to take food or drink items with less plastic, i very much hope that this awareness surrounding plastics will continue and spill over into other environmental issues such as our emissions.

  4. Josef Minster:

    I see a clear risk here that panic reactions on financial markets could spill over and hurt the real economy.

  5. Daryl Jones:

    I don't think impeachment proceedings will spill over into the real economy.


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