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

Directive 8020 is looking like an excellent Halloween-season release, and Metroid Prime 4 will make a splash this year on Nintendo's portable hardware if nothing changes. —Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025

There are a few trades that Chicago could explore to make a splash and massive upgrade at the position. —Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025

For cricket to make a splash in the Bay Area, administrators needed to dream big. —Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

The first trailer for Sinners dropped in September and didn’t really make a splash, hence the worrisome buzz that floated around about the movie for quite some time as one of the risky ~$100M auteur feature productions (net $90M+) under the Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy administration. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for make a splash

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