paint the town red meaning

  "paint the town red" in a sentence
Verb: paint the town red
  1. (informal) party, go wild

[American idiom]
to have a wild celebration during a night on the town.
Let's all go out and paint the town red!
Oh, do I feel awful. I was out all last night, painting the town red.

[American slang]
v. phr., slang To go out to drink and have a good time; celebrate wildly; carouse. It was the sailors' first night ashore; they painted the town red.
Compare: ON THE TOWN2.

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  1. al and jed are going to go paint the town red
  2. with so much money, we can really paint the town red
  3. with so much money, we can really paint the town red
  4. he is going out tonight to paint the town red
  5. tonight, we ’ re gonna paint the town red

Related Words

        paint the town:    [American slang]Sl. to go out and cele ...
        on the town:    Out to amuse oneself in town; [America ...
        town:    Noun: town  tawnAn urban are ...
        in the paint:    [Sports]Basketball In the "key" area, ...
        paint:    Verb: paint  peyntMake a pai ...
        paint in:    paint in sth • paint sth in to fill a ...
        in the red:    Overdrawn at the bank, in debt; [Ameri ...
        red:    Adjective: red (redder,reddest) & ...
        cement paint, concrete paint:    [Architecture]1.A paint consisting gen ...
        paint kettle, paint pot:    [Architecture]An open can with a bail ...
        a night on the town:    [American slang]a night of celebrating ...
        bean town:    [American slang]n. Boston, Massachuset ...
        blow town:    [American slang]tr. to get out of town ...
        boom town:    Noun: boom town  boom tawnA ...
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