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pelt down

pelt down verb: to rain heavily; to sleet, snow or hail heavily.

Verb

pelt down (third-person singular simple present pelts down, present participle pelting down, simple past and past participle pelted down)

  1. (intransitive) To rain heavily; to sleet, snow or hail heavily.

Synonyms of pelt down

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Forms of pelt down

third-person singular presentpelts down
present participlepelting down
past participlepelted down
pastpelted down

Questions about pelt down

What does pelt down mean?
Pelt down means to rain heavily; to sleet, snow or hail heavily.
What part of speech is pelt down?
Pelt down is a verb.
What is the past tense of pelt down?
The past tense of pelt down is pelted down.

Words near pelt down in the dictionary

  1. pelretin
  2. pels
  3. Pelsall
  4. pelsparite
  5. pelt
  6. pelt down
  7. pelt of the dog
  8. pelt rot
  9. pelta
  10. peltable
  11. peltae

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