"tip down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tips down [present, singular, third-person], tipping down [participle, present], tipped down [participle, past], tipped down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tip down (third-person singular simple present tips down, present participle tipping down, simple past and past participle tipped down)
  1. (UK, informal) to rain heavily. Tags: UK, informal Synonyms: tip it down Related terms: rain cats and dogs

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