push the boat out

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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)

(British, idiomatic) To do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.

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Spanish: tirar la casa por la ventana, echar la casa por la ventana

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