I guess so.

gg5, prog

Marcus's comment from a fork: "Without the "of" it seems the verb is transitive, that the secret is the object rather than the subject. I think an overly elliptical style often makes entries harder to understand."

I agree with Marcus. Our usual style (at least for the past few years) has been to include "of" for intransitive verbs/expressions. Sometimes it makes no real difference (as in "to be exposed") but often it does (as in "to leak out"), so for consistency's sake I think "of" should always been included.

@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<gloss>to come out</gloss>
@@ -16,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>to be discovered</gloss>
@@ -21 +23 @@
-<gloss>to get away (of fish)</gloss>
+<gloss>to get away (of a fish)</gloss>

Given the deliberately elliptical style that is common in dictionary entries, I don't think the addition of "of a", etc. is much help. "to be exposed (lie, improper behaviour, etc.)" and "to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.)" really mean the same thing. I'd always go for the shorter form.

bEtter?

@@ -14,2 +14,2 @@
-<gloss>to leak out (a secret)</gloss>
-<gloss>to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to leak out (of a secret)</gloss>
+<gloss>to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.)</gloss>