"splash out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: splashes out [present, singular, third-person], splashing out [participle, present], splashed out [participle, past], splashed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} splash out (third-person singular simple present splashes out, present participle splashing out, simple past and past participle splashed out)
  1. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To spend a lot of money on something desired but not necessary. Tags: colloquial, intransitive, transitive Translations (to spend a lot of money): харча безразсъдно (harča bezrazsǎdno) (Bulgarian), 花一大筆錢 (Chinese Mandarin), 花一大笔钱 (huā yī dà bǐ qián) (Chinese Mandarin), praštit se přes kapsu (Czech), tuhlata (Finnish), törsätä (Finnish), claquer [colloquial] (French)
    Sense id: en-splash_out-en-verb-BAIAsHtf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for splash out meaning in English (2.2kB)

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          "sense": "to spend a lot of money",
          "word": "花一大筆錢"
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          "sense": "to spend a lot of money",
          "word": "花一大笔钱"
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          "sense": "to spend a lot of money",
          "word": "praštit se přes kapsu"
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          "sense": "to spend a lot of money",
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      "sense": "to spend a lot of money",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to spend a lot of money",
      "word": "花一大筆錢"
    },
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      "sense": "to spend a lot of money",
      "word": "花一大笔钱"
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      "sense": "to spend a lot of money",
      "word": "tuhlata"
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      "word": "törsätä"
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