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to pelt down
[phrase form: pelt]
01
to rain very fast and hard
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
action verb
regular
inseparable
particle
down
base verb
pelt
present tense
pelt down
3rd person singular
pelts down
present participle
pelting down
past simple
pelted down
past participle
pelted down
Examples
We were having a picnic when it suddenly began to pelt down, so we quickly packed up and ran for the car.
