"flash the cash" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: flashes the cash [present, singular, third-person], flashing the cash [participle, present], flashed the cash [participle, past], flashed the cash [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flash the cash (third-person singular simple present flashes the cash, present participle flashing the cash, simple past and past participle flashed the cash)
  1. (slang) To spend money, especially in an ostentatious manner; to pay up. Tags: slang Related terms: flash for cash, flash the ash

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