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Here is a situation: a bottle has been leaking water so it is almost empty.

A bottle has been leaking water so it is almost empty.

How can I express the situation without using the second part of the sentence (without "so it is almost empty")? What is the shorter sentence for it? I know "to eat up smth" means to eat everything, "to take smb captive" means to force smb to be captive. Do you say "to leak up" or "to leak empty" to express the mentioned situation? I need something idiomatic.

Here is a situation: a bottle has been leaking water so it is almost empty.

How can I express the situation without using the second part of the sentence (without "so it is almost empty")? What is the shorter sentence for it? I know "to eat up smth" means to eat everything, "to take smb captive" means to force smb to be captive. Do you say "to leak up" or "to leak empty" to express the mentioned situation? I need something idiomatic.

Here is a situation:

A bottle has been leaking water so it is almost empty.

How can I express the situation without using the second part of the sentence (without "so it is almost empty")? What is the shorter sentence for it? I know "to eat up smth" means to eat everything, "to take smb captive" means to force smb to be captive. Do you say "to leak up" or "to leak empty" to express the mentioned situation? I need something idiomatic.

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How to express "smth has been leaking and is almost empty" in a shorter way?

Here is a situation: a bottle has been leaking water so it is almost empty.

How can I express the situation without using the second part of the sentence (without "so it is almost empty")? What is the shorter sentence for it? I know "to eat up smth" means to eat everything, "to take smb captive" means to force smb to be captive. Do you say "to leak up" or "to leak empty" to express the mentioned situation? I need something idiomatic.