Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Spill
Spill verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Common collocations
| car | open car | spill car |
Both words in one sentence
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Used metaphorically in Feet of Clay, when a dreaming Vimes sees a murder victim's head burst open and spill out words.
Source: Your Head A-Splode -
They all look like they're about to crack open and spill into space as massive clouds of broken rock and dust. Beautiful.
Source: Film / Predators -
After puking in two air-sickness bags during the pilot, they break open and spill all over Eliza.
Source: Series / Selfie
Cite this Source
Spill and Open. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/spill
Open & Spill. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/spill>.
Spill or Open. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/spill.
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