flood out
verb1
To pour out; to talk volubly.
- Chloe took a deep breath and it all flooded out. What started off as a stream soon became a rushing river of emotion.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
2
To expel by flooding.
- The heavy rains flooded the inhabitants out of the town.