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[paint the town red] or [paint the town]  {v. phr.},  {slang}

To go out to drink and have a good time; celebrate wildly; carouse.

It was the sailors' first night ashore; they painted the town red.

Compare: [ON THE TOWN] (2).

[pair]

See:

[TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS] also [SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS].

[pair off]  {v.}

1. To make a pair of; put two together; associate; match.

Mrs. Smith paired off her guests by age and tastes.

2. To belong to a pair; become one of a pair.

Jane paired off with Alice in a tennis doubles match.

3. To divide  […]

[pair up]  {v.}

1. To make a pair of; match.

When she finished the mending, she paired up the socks.

2. To form a pair; to be or become one of a pair.

Not all the socks would pair up.

[pajamas]

See: [CAT'S MEOW] or [CAT'S PAJAMAS].

[pal]

See:

[PEN PAL].

[pale]

See: [BEYOND THE PALE].

[pale around the gills]

See: [GREEN AROUND THE GILLS].

[palm]

See:

[CARRY OFF THE PALM],

[GREASE ONE'S PALM],

[ITCHING PALM].

[palm off]  {v.},  {informal}

1. To sell or give (something) by pretending it is something more valuable; to sell or give by trickery.

He palmed off his own painting as a Rembrandt.

The salesman palmed off pine wood floors as oak.

Syn.: [FOB  […]