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leaked like a sieve

leaked like a sieve is the simple past and past participle of leak like a sieve.

Meaning of leak like a sieve

Verb

leak like a sieve (third-person singular simple present leaks like a sieve, present participle leaking like a sieve, simple past and past participle leaked like a sieve)

  1. (informal, simile) To be very leaky.

Questions about leaked like a sieve

What is leaked like a sieve the simple past and past participle of?
Leaked like a sieve is the simple past and past participle of leak like a sieve.

Words near leaked like a sieve in the dictionary

  1. leakance
  2. leakances
  3. Leake
  4. Leake County
  5. leaked
  6. leaked like a sieve
  7. leaked out
  8. leakee
  9. leakees
  10. leakeite
  11. leaker

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