rain down

present singular third person rains down · participle present raining down · participle past rained down · past rained down

1. intransitiveTo fall from the sky as, or like, rain.

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

2. transitiveTo let fall as, or like, rain.

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

3. intransitivewith on or uponTo strike (literally or figuratively) many times and/or very intensely.

   My wrath will rain down upon you.

   1 more example

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

4. idiomaticintransitiveTo appear suddenly or inexplicably in large numbers.