paint over

phrasal verb

painted over; painting over; paints over

: to cover (something) with a layer of paint

paint over graffiti

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The rules can be big, like not granting a festival permit in the French Quarter during Super Bowl, or small, such as requiring delivery trucks to paint over their tire logos because they weren't made by Bridgestone, the official tire of the NFL, ESPN wrote. —

Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025 This particular example from 2019 is finished in a pleasant Polar White paint over a Red Nappa leather interior that screams more supercar than soccer mom. —

Christian Gilbertsen, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025 Can that person afford $1,400 in monthly maintenance and the daylong project of painting over the icy-gray walls with something more humane, like Benjamin Moore’s Swiss Coffee? —

Katie McDonough, Curbed, 7 Jan. 2025 Above the building’s entrance, the old Syrian flag and the Baath party flag were partly painted over. —

Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for paint over