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making it rain

making it rain is the present participle and gerund 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 making it rain

What is making it rain the present participle and gerund of?
Making it rain is the present participle and gerund of make it rain.

Words near making it rain in the dictionary

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

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