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splash out (sth)

Phrasal Verb with splash
 
 
/splæʃ/ verb [I, T]

Definition

UK
to spend a lot of money on something which you want but do not need: He splashed out on the best champagne for the party. They splashed out over a thousand pounds on a new kitchen.
(Definition of splash out (sth) from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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