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splurge

verb as in spend lavishly

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However pressing the need, in the final throes of the window, Newcastle are wary of overpaying given the knock-on effect such a splurge could have on the club's ability to strengthen in subsequent windows.

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We decided to forgo traditional nuptials in favor of a civil ceremony, splurging instead on an extended celebratory trip in Europe.

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We decide to splurge and get their vegan chocolate sundae.

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They didn’t splurge for one of the several established closers that were dealt for sky-high prices throughout the league.

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Zapata worked as a landscaper in El Paso, sending most of his earnings to his family back in Venezuela but occasionally splurging on a steak dinner or a visit to a water park with friends.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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