paint the town in English

Forms: paints the town [present, singular, third-person], painting the town [participle, present], painted the town [participle, past], painted the town [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} paint the town (third-person singular simple present paints the town, present participle painting the town, simple past and past participle painted the town)

Inflected forms

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"paint the town" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms