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

The old hotel was built in the early 1970s and besides some new carpet and fresh paint over the years had never really been redone or renovated. —Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025

For many, healing begins not by painting over the past, but by honoring it. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025

Using drones can free up maintenance workers while helping paint over graffiti in places that are difficult or unsafe for workers to reach, the report says. —Melissa Santos, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025

City officials had already removed the pedestrian plaza Friday and were preparing to pay a contractor about $150,000 to paint over existing bicycle lanes and restore two-way traffic, rather than the current one-way alignment, early next week. —Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for paint over

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