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painted by numbers

painted by numbers is the simple past and past participle of paint by numbers.

Meaning of paint by numbers

Verb

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

  1. To complete a painting by numbers kit
  2. (figuratively) To perform something in the simplest way

Questions about painted by numbers

What is painted by numbers the simple past and past participle of?
Painted by numbers is the simple past and past participle of paint by numbers.

Words near painted by numbers in the dictionary

  1. painted bugs
  2. painted bunting
  3. painted buntings
  4. painted buttonquail
  5. painted buttonquails
  6. painted by numbers
  7. painted cat
  8. painted cats
  9. painted comber
  10. painted combers
  11. Painted Desert

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Adapted from Wiktionary: painted by numbers (page history and authors); paint by numbers (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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