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POUR DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pour down mean? 

POUR DOWN (verb)
  The verb POUR DOWN has 1 sense:

1. drink down entirelyplay

  Familiarity information: POUR DOWN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POUR DOWN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Drink down entirely

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

belt down; bolt down; down; drink down; kill; pop; pour down; toss off

Context example:

They popped a few beer after work

Hypernyms (to "pour down" is one way to...):

drink; imbibe (take in liquids)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


She had set out from Mrs. Goddard's half an hour ago—she had been afraid it would rain—she had been afraid it would pour down every moment—but she thought she might get to Hartfield first—she had hurried on as fast as possible; but then, as she was passing by the house where a young woman was making up a gown for her, she thought she would just step in and see how it went on; and though she did not seem to stay half a moment there, soon after she came out it began to rain, and she did not know what to do; so she ran on directly, as fast as she could, and took shelter at Ford's.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)



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