Crossword clues for push the boat out
push the boat out
Wiktionary
push the boat out
vb. (context British idiomatic English) to do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.
Usage examples of "push the boat out".
Helen of Troy may have launched a thousand ships but no one was going to push the boat out for Penny Ashton, at least not at first sight.
We had had to push the boat out past the breakers before we could climb in.
As soon as Fynnol saw them he began to push the boat out into the moving stream.
Places like New Orleans and Rio reckon they not only know how to push the boat out but set fire to the harbour as well.