Word info

paint out

Speech parts

1. paint out - Noun

2. paint out - Verb

Meaning

(transitive) To obliterate by painting over.

(transitive, figuratively) To describe, possibly so as to misrepresent.

paint out (plural paint outs)

An event where artists congregate in an outdoor scenic area for the purpose of completing realistic paintings from life.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will. Willem de Kooning

I didn't want to mask variations; I didn't want to record a path. I wanted to get the paint out of the can and onto the canvas... I tried to keep the paint as good as it was in the can. Frank Stella

There's nothing new under the sun - you just get a can of paint out. Robert Plant

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