splash out


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splash out

vb
(Commerce) informal chiefly (often foll by: on) Brit to spend (money) freely or extravagantly (on something)
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Translations

w>splash out

vi (Brit inf) → tüchtig in die Tasche greifen (inf); (on reception, giving presents etc) → sich nicht lumpen lassen (inf); to splash out on somethingsich (dat)etw spendieren (inf)
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The average parent looks set to splash out more than pounds 850 on day trips, outings and holidays over the summer, and 86 per cent say they will use their plastic to help spread the cost, according to Virgin Money.
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