Bucket down

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Intensity

Use 'bucket down' to describe very intense, heavy rainfall, similar to a bucket of water being dumped.

I was soaked in seconds; it was bucketing down so hard!

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Informal

'Bucket down' is informal, best used in casual conversations or personal writing, not formal situations.

I heard it's going to bucket down this weekend, so no beach for us.

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Visual Imagery

The phrase evokes the image of water being poured from a bucket, emphasizing the rain's volume.

Look at the rain bucketing down outside; it's like a waterfall!