make a splash

idiom

informal

: to attract a lot of attention in an exciting way

The young director is making (quite) a splash in Hollywood.

The news of her arrest made a huge splash.

Examples of make a splash in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An outspoken Kenosha pastor who planned to endorse a candidate has resigned A provocative Kenosha pastor was planning to make a splash by endorsing a progressive candidate for president in his Sunday sermon on Aug. 17, testing new IRS guidance on political endorsements during church services. —Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025

More Dylan Buell/Getty Images Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller has urged the Reds to make a splash and acquire their former third baseman and current Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Eugenio Suarez. —Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025

Brides usually hope to make a splash on their wedding day. —Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2025

For those who don’t want to make a splash or draw attention, this simple Shaker-esque piece of furniture is the least vain of them all. —Elissa Suh, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2025

Rhymes for make a splash

• ash
• bash
• brash
• cache
• cash
• clash
• crash
• dash
• flash
• gash
• hash
• lash