drizzle down

drizzle down

To rain on someone or something. It was so hot out that we didn't mind a little rain drizzling down on us.
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drizzle down

(on someone or something) to rain on someone or something. The light rain drizzled down on the garden. The rain drizzled down and soaked us because we had no umbrella.
See also: down
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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As the rain continued to drizzle down on the Murrayfield pitch, Scotland were staring down the barrel of a third loss in four autumn tests.
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While the friands are still just warm, spoon the icing over the top half of each cake allowing it to drizzle down the sides.
A couple of lines of blue paint drizzle down on the unadorned ceramic below, as if a deliberate representation of haste.
Pour over the cake and allow to drizzle down the sides.
With the traffic jams already forming on the M40 and the rain beginning to drizzle down, the loyal Baggies supporters had plenty to mull over on the drive home, with their minds fully focussed to a quick return to top flight football.
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Top the mash with a walnut of butter to melt over and drizzle down.
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7 One by one, dip your mostly-cooled biscuits in your chocolate, lifting it out to let any excess drizzle down. Leave them to set at room temperature, chocolate side up.