spray someone or something with something

spray someone or something with something
spray someone or something with something
to coat someone or something with a mist or stream of liquid. •

The elephant sprayed us with water.

I sprayed the fence with white paint.

He sprayed himself with some of the cologne.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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