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

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

Greenwood remembers the process of re-paneling the dark brown interiors so that the production could paint over everything. —Abigail Lee, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025

Jack Dunn, managing partner at Chartwell Property Group, which bought the building last year, said in an email to The Charlotte Observer that the mural was painted over by accident. —Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025

Let the product fully dry: While you may be tempted to start painting right away, be sure to let the liquid masking tape fully dry before painting over it. —Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for paint over

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