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rains on someone's parade

rains on someone's parade is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rain on someone's parade.

Meaning of rain on someone's parade

Verb

rain on someone's parade (third-person singular simple present rains on someone's parade, present participle raining on someone's parade, simple past and past participle rained on someone's parade)

  1. (idiomatic) To spoil someone's celebration.
    • Sanju Baba, we learn, is rather miffed at the way Kunder rained on his parade and took away the spotlight from Agneepath's success.2012 January 31, “Shah Rukh Khan, Shirish Kunder's drama ends”, in Times of India, Bollywood
  2. (figuratively) To disappoint or discourage someone by ruining or criticizing their plans or aspirations.
    • I hate to rain on your parade, but lots of people have tried that strategy and it hasn't worked yet.

Questions about rains on someone's parade

What is rains on someone's parade the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rains on someone's parade is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rain on someone's parade.

Words near rains on someone's parade in the dictionary

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

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