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Meanings of chuck it down in English

To rain heavily.

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      Examples for "bucket"
      Examples for "bucket"
      1
      They call themselves 'the bucket list family' for a very good reason.
      The South African
      2
      Thou sattest in one bucket beneath in the pit in great dread.
      Song and Legend from the Middle Ages
      3
      But first, hoist me up a bucket of sea water, will you?
      On Stranger Tides
      4
      A few minutes later Kote returned with a bucket of soapy water.
      The Name of the Wind
      5
      Is participating in an obstacle course race on your fitness bucket list?
      The South African
      1
      It can also bucket down with rain from time to time too.
      News.com.au
      2
      I lifted the well cover, as usual, and dropped the bucket down.
      Caleb's crossing
      3
      So they let the bucket down again, and she made off.
      Poets and Dreamers: Studies and translations from the Irish
      4
      It can bucket down in one village, while the next village remains dry.
      The Guardian
      5
      The kid put his bucket down and collapsed into the girl's arms, shuddering.
      Night Shift
      1
      I wouldn't piss down his throat if his heart was on fire.
      Paths not taken
      2
      Make I piss down leg of I, that is come warm, now cold.
      Voice of the Fire
      3
      I felt her go, just like piss down the inside of my leg.
      Pet Sematary
      4
      It didn't have the decency to really belly up and piss down on us.
      Karen Memory
      5
      And all of them want to rip my head off and piss down my neck, Theisman thought mordantly.
      Ashes Of Victory
      1
      'In my experience, children don't run away in the middle of the night, especially when it's pissing it down with rain.
      Blood harvest
      1
      Thousands of residents have evacuated to higher ground as rain buckets down, and flooding continues.
      Radio NZ
      2
      It's going to rain buckets here any time now. I poked him on the shoulder.
      Calamity jayne
      3
      The rain buckets down on Mayo and there is nothing for it but to bemoan another distorted and inglorious All-Ireland defeat.
      The Irish Times
      4
      It rained buckets, it rained vats; it rained swimming pools and lakes and rivers.
      The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
      5
      Her fly had played her false, and, being our island home, it rained buckets.
      Hard Cash
      1
      It is very pleasant to walk there with a good catalogue, and make it rain cats and dogs outside.
      Peter Ibbetson
      2
      It's not going to rain cats and dogs like the cricket commentators seem to think, but there is some rain...
      The South African
      3
      It's raining cats and dogs; perfect weather to talk about holidays.
      The Irish Times
      4
      It was raining cats and dogs, but we went swimming anyway.
      The forgotten soldier
      5
      It's raining cats and dogs, and we can't get much wetter.
      Frank and Andy Afloat; Or, The Cave on the Island
      1
      It rained pitchforks and pineapples, but the hall, a large one, was completely filled.
      Life of Father Hecker
      2
      Raining pitchforks all the time, you understand.
      A Fool and His Money
      3
      There is no credible report that it has ever yet rained pitchforks, but many other curious things have fallen.
      Locusts and Wild Honey
      4
      "But it's raining pitchforks," demurred Miss Judy.
      The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin; Or, Paddles Down
      5
      "You need," said he, "to have it rain pitchforks, tines downward, from this pulpit, Sunday after Sunday."
      The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West
      Usage of chuck it down in English
      1
      I just made a ball of snow and chucked it down.
      Dark Eden
      2
      He chucked it down into a corner and helped himself to a cup of tea.
      The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Ho...
      3
      Chuck it down in the coal cellar, will you?
      Merton of the Movies
      4
      It is chucking it down in Regent's Park, cars are splashing pedestrians, expensive frocks and suits are getting drenched.
      The Guardian
      5
      So Jimmy chucks it down.
      Greenwich Village
      6
      Chuck it down, please.
      Greenwich Village
      7
      "For which reason," said Ashe, smiling, "he instantly chucked it down a well."
      The Trees of Pride
      8
      The schoolmaster had hauled it out of his brain very deftly and chucked it down before me in a kind of challenge.
      The Light in the Clearing: A Tale of the North Country in the Ti...
      9
      Then chucking it down after its murdered mother, where it fell not only killed, but "squashed," he prepared to descend in a less hasty manner.
      The Castaways