Collocations for "leak"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "leak" in context.
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leak
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [gas, water] leak
- as a result of a [gas] leak
- the leak is coming from the [garage, kitchen, bathroom]
- there's a leak in the [pipe, ceiling, roof, wall, sink]
- the [pipe, hose] has (sprung) a leak
- a leak in the [engine, oil filter, exhaust]
- [repair, fix] the leak
- hospitalized [after, following] a gas leak
- find where the leak is coming from
- [fix, repair, seal] the leak
- a press leak
- the leak was [printed, published] in the [newspaper, magazine]
- find out [where, who] the leak came from
- slang: I need to take a leak!
- leak [detection, detectors, repair]
'leak' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):