Doctor in Perth wanted to have a wild celebration (5,3,4,3)

I believe the answer is:

paint the town red

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'doctor in perth wanted to have a wild celebration' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'doctor in perth wanted to' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in'+'perth'+'wanted'+'to'='inperthwantedto'
'inperthwantedto' with letters rearranged gives 'PAINT THE TOWN RED'.

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(Other definitions for paint the town red that I've seen before include "get rid of the blues?" , "enjoy celebration" , "Celebrate" , "Go on a pub crawl" .)

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