Meaning of rain down | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To fall from the sky as, or like, rain.
   intransitive
2. To let fall as, or like, rain.
   transitive
3. To strike (literally or figuratively) many times and/or very intensely.
   intransitive
4. To appear suddenly or inexplicably in large numbers.
   idiomatic, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“I'm soaking wet⟳ because it rained down on me.”

“In the latest supernatural incident, the sky rained down frogs.”

“My wrath will rain⟳ down upon you.”

“The jeers rained down on me throughout my middle school years.”

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