make a splash

phrase

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

This week's revelations show Meta is aggressively trying to make a splash in AI models and compete against OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, which all have big head starts. — Cj Haddad, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Hope sprung eternal not on opening night but on July 1, when every fan could believe their GM was preparing to make a splash. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 July 2026

This doesn’t taste like GTS or WLW, but 1792 XV is a bold, fruit-forward bourbon that will no doubt make a splash with fans of well-aged, barrel-proof whiskey. — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Best Amazon Fourth of July Swim Deals Get ready to make a splash this Fourth of July with these flattering and stylish swimsuit deals. — Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

Rhymes for make a splash

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