Usually means: Effects extend into another area.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word spill over:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. spill over: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spill over: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spill over: Collins English Dictionary
  4. spill over: Vocabulary.com
  5. spill-over: Wordnik
  6. spill over: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. spill over: Wiktionary
  8. spill over: Dictionary.com
  9. Spill over: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. spill over: Rhymezone
  11. spill over: FreeDictionary.org
  12. spill over: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. spill over: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spill over: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spill over: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spill over: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spill over)

verb:  to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
verb:  (intransitive) (of an infectious disease) to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans
verb:  (intransitive) (of a bad emotion, situation, etc.) to reach a climax

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