splash out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Alternatively, if you want to take a trip to Europe or splash out on a suite on a cruise, you could also use one year’s taxable RMDs.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
So Intel had to splash out on the manufacturing expansion before the returns on those investments were there.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
A 77-year-old terminally-ill man and his wife say they will splash out on a bungalow after winning £1m on the National Lottery.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024
“For them to put a big splash out would be off the mark.”
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
Maybe I imagined that big splash out there behind the fog.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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