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rains off

rains off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rain off.

Meaning of rain off

Verb

rain off (third-person singular simple present rains off, present participle raining off, simple past and past participle rained off)

  1. (idiomatic, passive, transitive, usually) to cancel (an event) due to excessive rain
    • The match was rained off because of the waterlogged pitch.
    Synonyms:
    wash out

Questions about rains off

What is rains off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rains off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rain off.

Words near rains off in the dictionary

  1. rains death upon
  2. rains dogs and cats
  3. rains down
  4. rains fire and brimstone
  5. rains like cats and dogs
  6. rains off
  7. rains on one's parade
  8. rains on someone's parade
  9. rains out
  10. rains pitchforks
  11. rains stair rods

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