paint over

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

The brand equity that shop spent decades building is precisely the asset the buyer paid for, so painting over it would be lighting money on fire. — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 23 July 2026

If the lead paint is in good condition, paint over it with a specialized, thick elastomeric or polymer coating that will bond to the lead paint and prevent chips or dust from escaping. — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2026

Diamond Atelier notes that custom shop Stilbruch Lack developed this paint over months and only made a single liter of it, so it can't ever be repeated. — New Atlas, 19 July 2026

Every four years, slums in Kolkata and in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, get painted over in the respective colors of Argentina and Brazil, soccer powerhouses that have been embraced with astonishing fervor across the Global South. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026

Rhymes for paint over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover