paint the wagon

English

Etymology

Business jargon, based on the title song of the 1951 Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon, I'm on my way[1]:

Gotta dream boy

Gotta song

Paint your wagon

And come along

Pronunciation

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Verb

paint the wagon (third-person singular simple present paints the wagon, present participle painting the wagon, simple past and past participle painted the wagon)

1. (idiomatic) To get things done.

   John, you still haven’t closed that deal; you need to paint that wagon now!