lash down

Verb

lash down (third-person singular simple present lashes down, present participle lashing down, simple past and past participle lashed down)

1. (transitive) To secure with ropes; to tie down

   Synonyms:

   tie down, bucket down, chuck it down, pelt, pelt down, piss down, pour, pour down, rain cats and dogs, stream

2. (intransitive) To rain heavily.
   • I'm feeling so alive, feeling so real
     On a stormy night, the rain is coming down
     Rain like never before
     I've got some records on, some bottles of wine
     On a stormy night, the rain is lashing down
     And I'm waiting for her.1995, Ash, Goldfinger