From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpaint over something phrasal verbAVPto cover a picture or surface with new paint Much of the original decoration was painted over. → paint→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
paint over • The spots their tacks left were painted over.• They were painted over, but some one had scraped away a small area of paint, exposing the clear glass.• I believe most painters and most specialists will recommend latex house paint over oil.• Apply a wood preservative that can be painted over or varnished afterwards.• They had been painted over several times.• Rubber-based and liquid plastic paints also prevent free lime from escaping when painted over the entire surface of the concrete.• Some one had painted over the windowpanes.• Closely related to these are multiple projections on canvas or paper or even on three-dimensional objects preparatory to painting over them. 