"paint the wagon" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-paint the wagon.ogg [Australia] Forms: paints the wagon [present, singular, third-person], painting the wagon [participle, present], painted the wagon [participle, past], painted the wagon [past]
Etymology: Business jargon, based on the title song of the 1951 Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon, I'm on my wayhttp://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/paintyourwagon/paintyourwagonimonmyway.htm: : Gotta dream boy : Gotta song : Paint your wagon : And come along Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} paint the wagon (third-person singular simple present paints the wagon, present participle painting the wagon, simple past and past participle painted the wagon)
  1. (idiomatic) To get things done. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-paint_the_wagon-en-verb-7~tPgn8M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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