Definition of "rain down" in English

Verb

1. To fall from the sky as, or like, rain.

   • I'm soaking wet because it rained down on me.

2. To let fall as, or like, rain.

   • In the latest supernatural incident, the sky rained down frogs.

3. To strike (literally or figuratively) many times and/or very intensely.

   • My wrath will rain down upon you.
   • The jeers rained down on me throughout my middle school years.

4. To appear suddenly or inexplicably in large numbers.