Meaning & use
flush with cash
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UK/ˌflʌʃ wɪð ˈkæʃ/
US/ˌflʌʃ wɪθ ˈkæʃ/
Meaning
phraseidiominformal
Having a lot of money available to spend, often just at that moment.
Grammar: Follows be or feel: they are flush with cash.
Patterns
- be flush with cash
- feel flush with cash
After the bonus, we were flush with cash and booked a holiday.
The startup is flush with cash from its latest funding round.
She felt flush with cash on payday, so she treated everyone.
Common combinations
- be flush with cash
- The club is flush with cash this season.
- suddenly flush with cash
- He was suddenly flush with cash after the sale.
- flush with cash after a win
- They were flush with cash after the win.
- feel flush with cash
- I feel flush with cash today.
Synonyms and how they differ
- loaded
- This is more informal and suggests being very wealthy.
- cash-rich
- This is more formal and common in business reporting.
- in the money
- This suggests sudden prosperity, often from winning.
Opposites
strapped for cashbroke
Word family
Commonly confused: flush with cash or flush toilet?
flush with cash vs flush toilet
Here flush means to wash away with water, which is a different word from flush meaning rich.
Practice
After the lottery win, the family was suddenly ___ cash.
Choose one answer.
The idiom is flush with cash. The other options are not set expressions with this meaning.
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