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bucket down

rain very heavily

To rain very heavily.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Shall we walk to the station?

Not in this weather - it's bucketing down.

Play the conversation

It was bucketing down when I left the office.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: It's bucket raining.

Say: It's bucketing down.

This expression uses the -ing form of "bucket" followed by "down."

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

it's bucketing down; it bucketed down

Your turn: say it out loud

It was bucketing down when I left the office.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

bucket down

rain very heavily

“It was bucketing down when I left the office.”

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