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paint the tape

paint the tape verb: to engage in tape painting; to engage in wash trades.

Verb

paint the tape (third-person singular simple present paints the tape, present participle painting the tape, simple past and past participle painted the tape)

  1. To engage in tape painting; to engage in wash trades.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paint, tape.

Forms of paint the tape

third-person singular presentpaints the tape
present participlepainting the tape
past participlepainted the tape
pastpainted the tape

Questions about paint the tape

What does paint the tape mean?
Paint the tape means to engage in tape painting; to engage in wash trades.
What part of speech is paint the tape?
Paint the tape is a verb.
What is the past tense of paint the tape?
The past tense of paint the tape is painted the tape.

Words near paint the tape in the dictionary

  1. paint shakers
  2. paint shop
  3. paint shops
  4. paint stripper
  5. paint strippers
  6. paint the tape
  7. paint the town
  8. paint the town red
  9. paint the wagon
  10. paint thinner
  11. paint thinners

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