Meaning
- Pour down means to rain very heavily, often for a long time.
- It can also be used figuratively to describe something falling in large amounts.
Grammar and Usage
- Part of speech: Phrasal verb
- Verb pattern: pour down (intransitive)
- Commonly used in weather reports or everyday conversation about rain.
Example structure:
- It’s pouring down.
- The rain poured down all night.
Common Phrases
- It’s pouring down (with rain)
- The rain poured down
- Tears poured down her face (figurative)
Collocations
- pour down with rain
- rain pouring down
- tears pouring down
- sweat pouring down
Examples
- It started to pour down just as we left the house.
- The rain poured down all afternoon, flooding the streets.
- Tears poured down her cheeks when she heard the news.
- Sweat was pouring down his face after the long run.
- It was pouring down with rain, so we stayed indoors.
- The rain poured down in sheets, making it hard to see.
- Water poured down the mountain after the heavy storm.
Synonyms or Related
- rain heavily
- come down in torrents
- bucket down (informal, British)
- pelt down
Antonym
- clear up
- let up (stop raining)