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raining cats and dogs

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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RELATED WORDS

blustery, torrid, rainy, murky, damp, turbulent, violent, windy, tempestuous, wet, bitter, frigid, blast, downpour, blizzard, tornado, gust, hurricane, tempest, squall

Nearby words

  1. rainfall,
  2. rainforest,
  3. rainier,
  4. rainier iii,
  5. rainier, mount,
  6. rainmaker,
  7. rainmaking,
  8. rainout,
  9. rainproof,
  10. rains
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