spring a leak in English
beginning of a leak, start of a dripping
Use "spring a leak" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "spring a leak" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "spring a leak", or refer to the context using the word "spring a leak" in the English Dictionary.
1. Bilge (third-person singular simple present bilges, present participle bilging, simple past and past participle Bilged) (nautical, intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge
2. In July 1990, Time had to adjust its appraisal, saying: “Cloudy Vistas for Big Science —NASA’s [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] Shuttle Hopes Spring a Leak, and Hubble Has Eye Trouble.”