rain down on someone or something

rain down on someone or something
rain down on someone or something
to fall or drop down on someone or something like rain. •

The ashes from the incinerator rained down on us, getting our clothes dirty.

The hail rained down on us—some of it quite large.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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