raining cats and dogs
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Raining very heavily: “We wanted to play touch football, but now it's raining cats and dogs, so I guess we'll stay inside.”
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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!
Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Words nearby raining cats and dogs
rainforest, rain frog, rain gauge, Rainier, Rainier III, raining cats and dogs, rainmaker, rain on one's parade, rain or shine, rainout, rainproof
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