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rain buckets

idiom

Meaning

To rain very heavily and intensely.

Examples

We had to cancel the picnic because it started to rain buckets.
The weather forecast warned that it would rain buckets all afternoon.

Synonyms: pour, downpour, deluge, torrential rain

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rain buckets (B1)

idiom

Pronunciation: ˈreɪn ˈbʌkɪts

Definition

To rain very heavily and intensely.

Examples

We had to cancel the picnic because it started to rain buckets.
The weather forecast warned that it would rain buckets all afternoon.
I got caught in the downpour and it was raining buckets by the time I reached my car.

How to Use rain buckets

raining buckets (idiom): to rain very heavily — "It was raining buckets when we left the party."

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