Usually means: Rain heavily, fall with force.
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▸ verb:  (intransitive) To rain heavily; to sleet, snow or hail heavily.

Similar:
pelter, pour down, bepelt, teem down, lash, dump, make down, precipitate, smash down, come down, more...

Opposite:
upholster, cover, sheathe, encase

Types:
beaver, mink, rabbit, fox, chinchilla, sable, ermine, lynx, otter, more...

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Similar:
pelter, pour down, bepelt, teem down, lash, dump, make down, precipitate, smash down, come down, more...

Opposite:
upholster, cover, sheathe, encase

Types:
beaver, mink, rabbit, fox, chinchilla, sable, ermine, lynx, otter, more...



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