paint the town red
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Cornhusker Corner is open twelve months a year, seven days a week, serving to paint the town red.
From Time Magazine Archive
Returning to Blida a convinced nationalist, Benkhedda wrote patriotic pamphlets and organized a group to paint the town red with slogans for Algerian independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
I believe I shall have to go back to Brennerstadt with him to paint the town red.
From The Top of the World by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
"But I'm not off to paint the town red," says John, believing the other thinks it is his intention to see the sights of Malta's capital by night—"I have an engagement."
From Miss Caprice by Rathborne, George, St.
I don't know, now, what we did when we found the boat had gone without us, but we made up our minds to paint the town red.
From Captivity by Eyles, M. Leonora
