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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Example sentences from the Web for 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 |DAILY BEASTThe more connected we are, and the higher our incomes, the more our actions have spill-over impacts on others.