"chuck it down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chucks it down [present, singular, third-person], chucking it down [participle, present], chucked it down [participle, past], chucked it down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chuck it down (third-person singular simple present chucks it down, present participle chucking it down, simple past and past participle chucked it down)
  1. (informal) To rain heavily. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Rain

Inflected forms

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