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painted with a broad brush

painted with a broad brush is the simple past and past participle of paint with a broad brush.

Meaning of paint with a broad brush

Verb

paint with a broad brush (third-person singular simple present paints with a broad brush, present participle painting with a broad brush, simple past and past participle painted with a broad brush)

  1. (ambitransitive, idiomatic) To describe a class of objects or a kind of phenomenon in general terms, without specific details and without attention to individual variations.
    • I'm just painting with a broad brush. You fellows fill in the details.1958, H. Boyle, J. House, “Folklore in the News: Businessmen's Bebop”, in Western Folklore, volume 17, number 1, page 63

Questions about painted with a broad brush

What is painted with a broad brush the simple past and past participle of?
Painted with a broad brush is the simple past and past participle of paint with a broad brush.

Words near painted with a broad brush in the dictionary

  1. painted trillium
  2. painted trilliums
  3. painted turtle
  4. painted turtles
  5. painted up
  6. painted with a broad brush
  7. painted with a wide brush
  8. painted with the same brush
  9. painted wolf
  10. painted wolves
  11. painted-on

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