"push the boat out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-push the boat out.ogg [Australia] Forms: pushes the boat out [present, singular, third-person], pushing the boat out [participle, present], pushed the boat out [participle, past], pushed the boat out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} push the boat out (third-person singular simple present pushes the boat out, present participle pushing the boat out, simple past and past participle pushed the boat out)
  1. (British, idiomatic) To do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration. Tags: British, idiomatic Related terms: push the envelope, throw money away Translations (Translations): tirar la casa por la ventana (Spanish), echar la casa por la ventana (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-push_the_boat_out-en-verb-2xqmVbyu Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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