Usually means: Heavy, intense, and torrential rainfall.
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  1. raining cats and dogs: Merriam-Webster
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  3. raining cats and dogs: Wiktionary
  4. raining cats and dogs: Dictionary.com
  5. Raining cats and dogs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. raining cats and dogs: ESL Idiom Page
  7. Cats and Dogs, Raining: The Word Detective
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  9. Raining cats and dogs: World Wide Words

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  1. Raining cats and dogs: Encyclopedia

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  1. Raining cats and dogs: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The English-language idiom "raining cats and dogs" or "raining dogs and cats" is used to describe particularly heavy rain.


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