Usually means: Rain heavily, pour down rapidly.
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  1. bucket down: Merriam-Webster
  2. bucket down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. bucket down: Wiktionary
  4. bucket down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bucket down: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bucket down)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To rain heavily.

Similar:
bucket, lash down, downpour, whip down, tip down, chuck it down, tip it down, shower down, come down in stair rods, rain down, more...

Opposite:
trickle, drizzle, sprinkle

Types:
rain, sleet, hail, snow, more...

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Similar:
bucket, lash down, downpour, whip down, tip down, chuck it down, tip it down, shower down, come down in stair rods, rain down, more...

Opposite:
trickle, drizzle, sprinkle

Types:
rain, sleet, hail, snow, more...



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