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paint the town

paint the town is the alternative form of paint the town red.

Meaning of paint the town red

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.
    • It was the end of term and students decided to celebrate by painting the town red.

Forms of paint the town

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

Questions about paint the town

What is paint the town the alternative form of?
Paint the town is the alternative form of paint the town red.

Words near paint the town in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paint the town (page history and authors); paint the town red (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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