paint something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v REMOVEto cover part of a picture or sign with paint so that it can no longer be seen 用漆[颜料]涂掉[遮盖] The name of the firm had been partially painted out. 公司的名称有一部分被油漆盖住了。
paint out• Denoyer tells him not to worry, the painting is just out on loan to a gallery in Cannes.• We are not the common drifters they paint us out to be.
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