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RAIN OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rain out mean?
• RAIN OUT (verb)
The verb RAIN OUT has 1 sense:
1. prevent or interrupt due to rain
Familiarity information: RAIN OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prevent or interrupt due to rain
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
rain out; wash out
Context example:
The storm had washed out the game
Hypernyms (to "rain out" is one way to...):
keep; prevent (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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