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hail down

hail down verb: to fall from the sky, as hail.

Verb

hail down (third-person singular simple present hails down, present participle hailing down, simple past and past participle hailed down)

  1. (intransitive) to fall from the sky, as hail
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) to beat down suddenly and harshly
    • Criticism hailed down on them.

Forms of hail down

third-person singular presenthails down
present participlehailing down
past participlehailed down
pasthailed down

Questions about hail down

What does hail down mean?
Hail down means to fall from the sky, as hail.
What part of speech is hail down?
Hail down is a verb.
What is the past tense of hail down?
The past tense of hail down is hailed down.

Words near hail down in the dictionary

  1. Haikwan
  2. Haikwan tael
  3. Haikwan taels
  4. hail
  5. hail and ride
  6. hail down
  7. hail fellow well met
  8. hail fellows well met
  9. hail from
  10. Hail Maries
  11. Hail Mary

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