spill over

verb

(intr, adverb) to overflow or be forced out of an area, container, etc

noun spillover

mainly US and Canadian the act of spilling over
mainly US and Canadian the excess part of something
economics any indirect effect of public expenditure
astronomy the part of the noise associated with a radio telescope using a dish antenna caused by pick-up by a secondary antenna from directions that do not intercept the dish

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Related Words for spill over

drain, inundate, brim, deluge, spill, leak, drown, pour, swamp, cascade, gush, submerge, soak, overrun, engulf, sprinkle, stream, squirt, flow, dribble

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Contemporary Examples of spill over

But the major political forces in Lebanon decided to try to quarantine the spill-over effect to that northern area.
Is Syria Being 'Lebanized' or is Lebanon Being 'Syrianized'?
Hussein Ibish
August 29, 2013
The more connected we are, and the higher our incomes, the more our actions have spill-over impacts on others.
Big Idea: The Time for Divided Nations Is Over
Ian Goldin
August 1, 2013