"shower down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-shower down.ogg [Australia] Forms: showers down [present, singular, third-person], showering down [participle, present], showered down [participle, past], showered down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} shower down (third-person singular simple present showers down, present participle showering down, simple past and past participle showered down)
  1. (idiomatic) To fall from the sky, especially in vast quantities Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-shower_down-en-verb-iZoBnrwC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for shower down meaning in English (1.8kB)

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          "text": "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.",
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