What it means
It means going properly big on a night out and fully leaning into the daft, over-the-top buzz of it. More drinks, more noise, more spending, more swagger. You say it when nobody's pretending it'll be sensible and tomorrow can sort itself out. Usually there's a cheeky wink in it because everyone knows it's a bit much, and that's the fun.
Usage examples
"We’re having it large Friday, mate, pre-drinks at Gaz’s, then town, dodgy kebab at 2am and a taxi home skint but buzzing."
"Payday's landed, the sun's out, and we're having it large tonight, no tragic little two-pint curfew."
"They went to Ibiza for a quiet one and ended up having it large from Thursday straight through to the flight home."
"Nah, we're not doing a quiet couple, we're having it large and dealing with the state of us on Sunday."
"It was meant to be one birthday pint, then Darren said let's have it large and next thing we're in a casino eating chips at half three."
Where it comes from
This is solidly British and was big by the late 80s into the 90s, especially around club and rave culture in places like London and Manchester. It carried that go-hard, no-half-measures energy, then spread into wider UK banter where it came to mean doing anything on an all-out scale.
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