rain out

Idioms and Phrases

Force the cancellation or postponement of some event owing to bad weather. For example, Our picnic was rained out, but we hope to have it next week . [1920s]

Example Sentences

Blood dropped like rain out of heaven, while jackals howled impatiently, and kites and vultures screamed hungrily for human flesh.

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It had a tight tin roof and a cement-pipe chimney with a cap to keep the rain out.

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"The boot comes up so high that it keeps the rain out, except from my face," said Mr. Gray.

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One is like a man in a prison cell watching the rain out of the window; it is all the same to him.

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My lads, said Hildebrand, handing them the flask, here is that will keep this pelting rain out of your jackets.

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