Definition of "leak out"

leak out

verb
third-person singular simple present leaks out, present participle leaking out, simple past and past participle leaked out
1. (intransitive) To spill or pour out, because of a leak.
2. (intransitive, figurative) To be revealed (especially, of information intended to be kept secret).
3. (transitive, figurative) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
  Quotations
  For example, when U2 songs appeared on the Internet before they were pressed onto CDs, it was someone inside the recording studio who leaked them out.
  2003 October 28, Simson Garfinkel, “Insiders To Blame For Leaked Flicks”, in MIT Technology Review‎, archived from the original on 2023-06-07
  Someone has invaded my privacy, stolen my song from me and leaked it out on the internet.
  2015 December 13, Logesh Balachandran, quoting Simbu, The Times of India‎, archived from the original on 2015-12-22