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We're going to splash out and buy a new car.
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He splashed out hundreds of pounds on designer clothes.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
splash something out (on something)
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splash something out (for something) — ˌsplash ˈout (on sth) | ˌsplash sthˈout (on/for sth) derived (BrE, informal) to spend a lot of money on sth • We re going to splash out and buy a new car. • … Useful english dictionary
splash out (on something) — ˌsplash ˈout (on sth) | ˌsplash sthˈout (on/for sth) derived (BrE, informal) to spend a lot of money on sth • We re going to splash out and buy a new car. • … Useful english dictionary
splash out — (Informal) [verb] spend, be extravagant, push the boat out (Brit. informal), spare no expense, splurge * * * (Brit. informal) BE EXTRAVAGANT, go on a spending spree, spare no expense, spend lavishly; informal lash out, splurge; Brit. info … Useful english dictionary
splash — I UK [splæʃ] / US verb Word forms splash : present tense I/you/we/they splash he/she/it splashes present participle splashing past tense splashed past participle splashed * 1) [intransitive] if a liquid splashes, it moves or hits something… … English dictionary
splash — verb 1》 make liquid strike or fall on (something) in drops. ↘(of a liquid) fall or be scattered in drops. ↘strike or move around in water, causing it to fly about. ↘(splash down) (of a spacecraft) land on water. 2》 display (a story or … English new terms dictionary
splash — splash1 [splæʃ] v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: plash to splash (16 19 centuries), perhaps from Dutch plassen] 1.) if a liquid splashes, it hits or falls on something and makes a noise splash against/on/over ▪ The ocean splashed against the pier. 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
splash — [[t]splæ̱ʃ[/t]] splashes, splashing, splashed 1) VERB If you splash about or splash around in water, you hit or disturb the water in a noisy way, causing some of it to fly up into the air. [V about/around] A lot of people were in the water,… … English dictionary
splash — 1 verb 1 (I) if a liquid splashes, it hits or falls on something noisily or it moves noisily (+ against/on/over): Great drops of rain splashed on the window. 2 (transitive always + adv/prep) to make someone or something wet with a lot of small… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
splash out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms splash out : present tense I/you/we/they splash out he/she/it splashes out present participle splashing out past tense splashed out past participle splashed out British informal to buy something expensive… … English dictionary
splash — [splæʃ] verb I 1) [I/T] if a liquid splashes, or if you splash it, it moves or hits something noisily 2) [I] to move around noisily in water • be splashed across sth if words, a story, or pictures are splashed across a newspaper, they are large… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
