paint over

phrasal verb

painted over; painting over; paints over
: to cover (something) with a layer of paint
paint over graffiti

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Each 4-inch-by-4-inch cotton canvas, which sold for $50 each, took six hours to paint over the course of four months. — Megan Sauer, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2025 From painting over light switches and hinges to stapling boards over holes, there are even more extreme examples, like painted over food, and even a grenade found covered up with white paint. — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 But last week, Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., introduced a bill calling for the city to paint over the mural and rename the area Liberty Plaza — or lose federal funds. — Ayana Archie, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025 Now, what has been called Black Lives Matter Plaza is set to be painted over after Georgia Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde introduced legislation earlier this week that would force the plaza to be renamed or D.C. loses funding, NBC BLK reported. — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paint over

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