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!

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To feed up somebody or something (or feed somebody or something up) is to give a lot of food to a person or animal in order to make them stronger and more healthy, or less thin.

Informal British English.

Examples of use:

1. We had to feed our kitten up to make her strong again after she was ill.

2. You look so thin and pale. You need feeding up.

3. He lost a lot of weight in hospital so we're feeding him up.

4. My mother gives me massive meals when I'm home from university because she thinks I need feeding up!

5. Her parents fed her up after her long illness.

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1. To tamper with something is to touch or change something without permission.

Examples of use:

a) The lock on my drawer has been tampered with and some of my files have gone.

b) He went to prison for tampering with the brakes of his neighbour's car.

c) The cricket player was accused of tampering with the ball.

d) Who has tampered with the heating controls?

2. To tamper with something is to attempt to manipulate or influence something in a dishonest or corrupt way..

Examples of use:

a) The police officer was accused of tampering with the evidence at the crime scene.

b) He tampered with the jury.

c) The scientists tampered with their research findings in order to gain wealth and fame.

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1. To rip up something (or rip something up) is to remove something (e.g. a carpet) from a floor, or to remove a surface (e.g. a road) by digging it up.

Examples of use:

a) Shall we rip up our old carpet and buy a new rug?

b) Our house flooded and we had to rip up our carpets and throw them away.

c) The builders ripped up our old driveway and put a new one down.

d) The workmen ripped up the pavement on our street because it was full of potholes and cracks.

2. To rip up something (or rip something up) is to tear something into small pieces.

Examples of use:

a) He ripped my letter up and threw it in the bin.

b) She angrily ripped up all her photos of her ex-boyfriend.

c) My English essay was awful so I ripped it up and started again.

3. To rip up something (or rip something up) is to pull it from the ground.

Examples of use:

a) Hurricane winds ripped up trees and telephone poles, and blew down buildings.

b) The vandals ripped up all the plants in the park.

c) News headline: Protesters rip up GM crops.

4. To rip up an agreement, contract, or plan is to decide that it is useless and stop using it.

Example of use:

BBC News headline: Rip up the benefits system.

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