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To bucket down is to rain very heavily.
British informal English.
Examples of use:
1. It's bucketing down; don't forget your umbrella.
2. It bucketed down on my way home from work.
3. It's absolutely bucketing down!
| infinitive | bucket down |
| present simple | buckets down |
| -ing form | bucketing down |
| past simple | bucketed down |
| past participle | bucketed down |
Can you write a sentence using this phrasal verb?
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Put that bucket down and come inside: It’s bucketing down.
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