paint the town red
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.
paint
UK /peɪnt/ US /peɪnt/
noun 6verb 5name 1
Definitions
noun
1
A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
fresh coat of paint
2
A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.
3
The free-throw lane, construed with the.
The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.
Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess.
4
Paintballs.
I am running low on paint for my marker.
5
Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
verb
1
To apply paint to.
I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
2
To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
3
To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
4
To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
not painted with the crimson spots of blood
Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.
5
To create (an image) with paints.
to paint a portrait or a landscape
noun
1
A paint horse.
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