tip it down

verb

To rain very heavily.

“It's tipping it down out there.”

Meanings

verbtip it down (third-person singular simple present tips it down, present participle tipping it down, simple past and past participle tipped it down)

present singular third person tips it down · participle present tipping it down · participle past tipped it down · past tipped it down · alternative tip down

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKimpersonalinformalTo rain very heavily.

    It's tipping it down out there.

    Synonyms: rain cats and dogs

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo rain very heavily.

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