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rain out

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  1. 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]


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The family covered up the broken windows with bin bags to keep the wind and rain out during the height of the storm.

From BBC Oct. 4, 2025

“If that occurred with cloud seeding, they’d have water all the time. You can’t create rain out of thin air per se and get 6 inches of water. That’s akin to perpetual motion technology.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 17, 2024

In addition, sand clouds high up in the atmosphere rain out.

From Science Daily Nov. 15, 2023

“There’s going to be some slight chances of rain here and there, but we’re not expecting a whole lot of rain out of it,” Sirard said.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2022

I blinked the rain out of my eyes.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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