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spring a leak in British English See full dictionary entry for leak spring a leak in American English US to begin to leak suddenly See full dictionary entry for spring Examples of 'spring a leak' in a sentencespring a leak One is a university chemical research centre he hopes doesn't spring a leak.The fountain had sprung a leak and flooded the basement.There is always something that has fallen over, sprung a leak or run away.Oh, and the previous evening it had sprung a leak.Another sprang a leak this month, triggering the partial shutdown.This year the pipeline has sprung a leak on two occasions.The living room sprung a leak yesterday, though.The boat sprang a leak and the motor failed.A steel tank used to store sewage sprang a leak during the event in 2014.His house had sprung a leak and there was an alarm about a potential protest on his roof. |