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

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push the boat out

Source Word

push the boat out

Verb

Britain idiomatic

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

Japanese Meaning

祝賀や特別なイベントの際に、普段よりも派手に余分なお金を使う行為 / 特にお祝いの機会に、通常以上に贅沢を楽しむこと / 慣例を超えて、大げさにお金をかける行為

For her retirement party, she decided to push the boat out and hire a live band.

彼女は退職パーティーで思い切って贅沢をして生バンドを雇うことにした。

Sense（1）

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

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 ）