"make it rain" meaning in All languages combined

See make it rain on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-make it rain.ogg Forms: makes it rain [present, singular, third-person], making it rain [participle, present], made it rain [participle, past], made it rain [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> it rain}} make it rain (third-person singular simple present makes it rain, present participle making it rain, simple past and past participle made it rain)
  1. (idiomatic) To bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activity. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-make_it_rain-en-verb-0oGfkEFg
  2. (idiomatic) To throw a substantial amount of paper money so that it falls on a crowd, audience, performer, or group of performers, often as a way to show off one's wealth. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-make_it_rain-en-verb-24jv7DA5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 68 5 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 27 48 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 68 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 70 5
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, it, rain. Related terms: rainmaking
    Sense id: en-make_it_rain-en-verb-5KZ4-~Hg

Inflected forms

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