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persist it down

persist it down verb: humorous euphemism for piss it down (rain heavily).

Verb

persist it down (third-person singular simple present persists it down, present participle persisting it down, simple past and past participle persisted it down)

  1. (rare) Humorous euphemism for piss it down (rain heavily).
    • We got home just in time to watch the clouds start to persist it down.

Forms of persist it down

third-person singular presentpersists it down
present participlepersisting it down
past participlepersisted it down
pastpersisted it down

Questions about persist it down

What does persist it down mean?
Persist it down means humorous euphemism for piss it down (rain heavily).
What part of speech is persist it down?
Persist it down is a verb.
What is the past tense of persist it down?
The past tense of persist it down is persisted it down.

Words near persist it down in the dictionary

  1. Persis
  2. Persism
  3. Persisms
  4. persist
  5. persist down
  6. persist it down
  7. persistability
  8. persistable
  9. persistance
  10. persistant
  11. persisted

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