paint over

phrasal verb

painted over; painting over; paints over

: to cover (something) with a layer of paint

paint over graffiti

Examples of paint over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2021, a pair of scientists recreated a Santiago Rusiñol landscape that Pablo Picasso had painted over. —Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024

Kent Twitchell invoked both of these laws in a lawsuit after his mural of fellow artist Ed Ruscha was painted over in 2006. —Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024

Unfortunately, the curious onlookers kept accidentally activating a security light, and the building’s frustrated owner had the artwork painted over in black. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024

An examination of the home revealed that several security cameras were visible around the property, some of which had been painted over. —Peter Aitken, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2024

City workers painted over the names on the anti-monument. —Luis Antonio Rojas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024

The bare-metal rebuild respected the original color scheme of Rosso Cina paint over a Bianco Molitan leather interior. —Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024

The artist's father purchased the property in 1859 and allowed his son to experiment liberally in the space with his brushes and paints over the decade. —Chloe Veltman, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024

Once all the footage had been edited, production designer James Clyne and his team would paint over the frames and add in the sci-fi aspects afterward. —Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023