pouring rain

collocation in English

meaningsofpourandrain

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pour
verb
uk
/pɔːr/us
/pɔːr/
to make a substance flow from a container, especially into another container, by raising just one side of the container that the substance ...
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rain
noun[U]
uk
/reɪn/us
/reɪn/
drops of water ...
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(Definition ofpourandrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They stand inpouringrain, in snow and in fog.
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Many must wait outside in thepouringrain.
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The next morning it ispouringrain.
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Pouringraindid not detract from the excellence of that parade.
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But what if there had been a blizzard, a high wind orpouringrain?
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So we were trapped in the arena and had to walk back in thepouringrain.
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People waited in thepouringrainfor the rules to operate.
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Despite thepouringrain, 5,000 people attended his funeral.
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The inaugural event took place in thepouringrain.
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It has been the subject of a petition containing 20,000 names and a march by 7,000 people inpouringrain.
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We had to stand in thepouringrainwith the tide coming in because the drains were dammed back.
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An unexpected burst ofpouringrainemphasized the epic nature of their performance.
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A figure, shrouded in darkness, walks away from this burning body in the downpouringrain.
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This withdrawal was just getting underway when it beganpouringrain.
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He died of pneumonia at election night while it waspouringrain.
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Pouringrain, dwindling food and rats take a toll on the two tribes.
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At the exact moment, thunder started roaring in the background, followed bypouringrain.
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The priest is adamant, however, and reads the prayers, despitepouringrain.
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The author describes the setting as a deserted theme park at night in thepouringrain.
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It was a beautiful race in thepouringrainquite the way to go out.
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He proposes to her outside in thepouringrain, and she accepts ecstatically.
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They say that we should sit on our backsides, swan off on rallies or push umbrellas up and down in thepouringrain.
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Passengers are stranded by the roadside, sometimes inpouringrainwithout any shelter, waiting in the hope that the next bus due will not fail to run.
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It prevented young women who were visiting their husbands or boyfriends from having to change their children in the streets in thepouringrainand snow.
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