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tipping it down

tipping it down is the present participle and gerund of tip it down.

Meaning of tip it down

Verb

tip it down (third-person singular simple present tips it down, present participle tipping it down, simple past and past participle tipped it down)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, impersonal, informal) To rain very heavily.
    • It's tipping it down out there.

Questions about tipping it down

What is tipping it down the present participle and gerund of?
Tipping it down is the present participle and gerund of tip it down.

Words near tipping it down in the dictionary

  1. tipping
  2. tipping back
  3. tipping down
  4. tipping element
  5. tipping elements
  6. tipping it down
  7. tipping off
  8. tipping one's hat
  9. tipping out
  10. tipping over
  11. tipping point

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