painting out

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To obliterate by painting over.
   • Joseph's face was painted out. In place of Joseph's monarchic face the word Constitution was painted in. But the reign of Joseph was not over.1938, Charles Poore, Goya
2. (figuratively, transitive) To describe, possibly so as to misrepresent.
   • The smattering of experience gained during Braddock's expedition, painted him out to the leading men of Frederick, as qualified to command the first company...1827, Henry Lee, Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States

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