Usually means: Create imagery using descriptive language.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word paint a picture:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. paint a picture: Vocabulary.com
  2. paint a picture: Dictionary.com
  3. paint a picture: Rhymezone
  4. paint a picture: FreeDictionary.org
  5. paint a picture: Mnemonic Dictionary
  6. paint a picture: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paint a picture: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paint a picture: Idioms

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verb:  call to mind or evoke


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