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made it rain

made it rain is the simple past and past participle of make it rain.

Meaning of make it rain

Verb

make it rain (third-person singular simple present makes it rain, present participle making it rain, simple past and past participle made it rain)

  1. (idiomatic) To bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activity.
    • It's time to make it rain, my friend!
  2. (idiomatic) To throw a substantial amount of paper money so that it falls on a crowd, audience, performer, or group of performers, often as a way to show off one's wealth.
    • John has a propensity to make it rain at parties when he is drunk.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, it, rain.
    • I asked higher powers to make it rain to save our crops.

Questions about made it rain

What is made it rain the simple past and past participle of?
Made it rain is the simple past and past participle of make it rain.

Words near made it rain in the dictionary

  1. made it big
  2. made it count
  3. made it interesting
  4. made it one's business
  5. made it one's life
  6. made it rain
  7. made it snappy
  8. made it so
  9. made it so that
  10. made it up as one has gone along
  11. made it up as one went along

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