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intransitive. Esp. of rain or other precipitation: to beat (down) or strike with force or violence. Also occasionally with non-referential it as…
intransitive. (See quots.) dialect.
intransitive. colloquial. Also transitive with it. Of rain: to fall heavily. Chiefly with down. Also with non-referential it as subject.