pour in

verb

To flow or flood into something or somewhere.

“Letters of complaint came pouring in.”

Meanings

verbpour in (third-person singular simple present pours in, present participle pouring in, simple past and past participle poured in)

present singular third person pours in · participle present pouring in · participle past poured in · past poured in

  1. intransitiveTo flow or flood into something or somewhere.

    The rain poured in and it filled it with water while we were inside.

    2012, Monty Hale, Anne Scrimgeour, Kurlumarniny: We Come from the Desert, →ISBN, page 17
  2. figurativelyintransitiveTo arrive in great amounts.

    Letters of complaint came pouring in.

    2 more examples

    It will need the most exhilarating performance City have put together since the money started to pour in and the overwhelming evidence is that it looks wholly beyond them.

    2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London)

    Eight months, much more than $17 trillion is being invested in the United States, and it's now pouring in from all parts of the world.

    2025 September 23, Donald Trump, speech at United Nations
  3. transitiveTo fill something with (a liquid) by pouring.

    And it came to pass that some of them poured in bad wine, and some of them poured in vinegar, and some of them who were evilly disposed poured in urine; now they were wont to do this in the night during the season of harvest.

    2015, Budge, Alexander The Great, →ISBN, page 288

Translations

Ancient Greek ἐγχέω
  • ἐγχέω (enkhéō)Translations
Bulgarian вливам
  • вливам (vlivam)Translations
Swedish flöda in
  • flöda inTranslations
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pour in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pour%20in.

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