"pour down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pours down [present, singular, third-person], pouring down [participle, present], poured down [participle, past], poured down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pour down (third-person singular simple present pours down, present participle pouring down, simple past and past participle poured down)
  1. (intransitive) To rain heavily. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Rain

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pour down meaning in English (2.1kB)

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