shower down

verb

To fall from the sky, especially in vast quantities

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Meanings

verbshower down (third-person singular simple present showers down, present participle showering down, simple past and past participle showered down)

present singular third person showers down · participle present showering down · participle past showered down · past showered down

  1. idiomaticTo fall from the sky, especially in vast quantities

    Driving 2-6-2 locomotive No. 4771 Green Arrow, Blunt suddenly noticed that the tunnel mouth was silhouetted in a dazzling white glare and that incendiary bombs were showering down in their hundreds, he slammed on all his brakes and brought his train to a stop just inside the tunnel.

    1944 July and August, “Top Link Drivers: XXI—Driver H. Blunt, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 226

Synonyms & antonyms

verbrain abundantly

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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