splash out
phrasal verb
splashed out; splashing out; splashes out
British, informal
: to spend a lot of money
If you really want to splash out, let's go to dinner and a show in town.
We can't afford to splash out that much money for luxuries.
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Some people can and do splash out tens of millions of dollars on a trophy home in a prime location.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2025
According to NewsNation, her scandalous spending included $67,000 on travel over a four-month period, $85,000 toward hosting a party and $43,000 splashed out on Amazon in just one day.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Its clubs regularly splash out the most on crowd-pulling transfers.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
While smaller, cheaper properties were rushing toward showers-only loos, luxury hotels splashed out on trophy bathrooms with deluxe showers and shapely, free-standing tubs in one space.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2025
According to NewsNation, her scandalous spending included $67,000 on travel over a four-month period, $85,000 toward hosting a party and $43,000 splashed out on Amazon in just one day.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Its clubs regularly splash out the most on crowd-pulling transfers.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
While smaller, cheaper properties were rushing toward showers-only loos, luxury hotels splashed out on trophy bathrooms with deluxe showers and shapely, free-standing tubs in one space.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Splash out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splash%20out. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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