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storm cats and dogs

verb

Definitions

  1. To storm and rain heavily

    To storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs.

    • About 10 o'clock, Burdell pushed forth into the wind and the rain — it was storming cats and dogs — and headed for his home at 31 Bond.
    • Annie was standing beside the stove, showing her assistant, a Finnish girl from the village, how to flip bacon grease up and over frying eggs. “I think it is going to storm cats and dogs today, Dad,” announced Danny, jerking his thumb […]
    • It was storming cats and dogs, with lighting and thunder.

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