rain like cats and dogs

A form of rain cats and dogs — To rain very heavily.

Meanings

verbrain like cats and dogs (third-person singular simple present rains like cats and dogs, present participle raining like cats and dogs, simple past and past participle rained like cats and dogs)

present singular third person rains like cats and dogs · participle present raining like cats and dogs · participle past rained like cats and dogs · past rained like cats and dogs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rain cats and dogs.
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