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in sheets

in sheets prepositional phrase: of rain or other precipitation, very hard.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Of rain or other precipitation, very hard.
    • The rain was pouring down in sheets.

Questions about in sheets

What does in sheets mean?
In sheets means of rain or other precipitation, very hard.
What part of speech is in sheets?
In sheets is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in sheets in the dictionary

  1. in series
  2. in service
  3. in session
  4. in sha Allah
  5. in shape
  6. in sheets
  7. in shit
  8. in short
  9. in short order
  10. in short pants
  11. in short supply

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