push the boat out
UK informalDefinition
› to spend a lot of money on celebrating something: They really pushed the boat out for Annie's wedding.Celebrating and entertaining
(Definition of push the boat out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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