paint the town red
Example Sentences
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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
Cornhusker Corner is open twelve months a year, seven days a week, serving to paint the town red.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
They went to the best hotels, and they are living on the fat of the land, but they do not throw money away, and not one started in to paint the town red.
From All about the Klondyke gold mines by Knox, J. Armoy
When we get to New York we will simply paint the town red, and if you wish, then, we'll go on to Europe.
From The Desired Woman by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)
