Paint-the-town-red Definition

verb

(idiomatic) To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.

It was the end of term and students decided to celebrate by painting the town red.
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Origin of Paint-the-town-red

  • US slang. Earliest known use 1884. Various theories include the red from bonfires, the heat from over-stoked paddle-wheel boilers, and town demarcation lines in the Wild West. A British claim attributing it to the actions of the Third Marquess of Waterford predates the first known use by decades.

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