spills over
Brims and escapes
Spills over describes liquid exceeding a container's capacity and flowing out over the edge.
More often figurative: when something grows beyond its original bounds into adjacent areas.
A conflict spills over into neighboring countries.
Enthusiasm from one project spills over into another.
Crowding in one neighborhood spills over into the next.
- externalityUncompensated effect on others
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- emotional releaseDischarge of pent-up feelings
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- leakEscape through a breach
ripple effect · chain reaction · seep · outburst · expansion · dribble · diffusion · permeation · influence · cross pollination · cascade · elation · catharsis · interdependence · proliferation · eruption · gush · flood
spills overstays put
Remains in place
contains · retains · keeps in · stays in place · holds
spills overcontracts
Enforceable written agreements
recedes · shrinks back · pulls back · retreats · consolidates
spills overbottles up
Suppresses emotions internally
suppresses · represses · internalizes · contains · restrains
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