"make a splash" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make a splash.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes a splash [present, singular, third-person], making a splash [participle, present], made a splash [participle, past], made a splash [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,made>}} make a splash (third-person singular simple present makes a splash, present participle making a splash, simple past and past participle made a splash)
  1. (idiomatic) To do something that attracts attention. Tags: idiomatic Translations (do something that attracts attention): 引人注目 (yǐnrénzhùmù) (Chinese Mandarin), säväyttää (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To do something that attracts attention."
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