beat down on

beat down on somebody/something

to come from the sky with great force We lay in bed listening to the rain beat down on the metal roof. Even early in the day a blazing sun beat down on them without mercy.

Usage notes: said about rain and sun

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iepthae	-	Biblical Latin
Zaman	-	Arabic, Urdu
Tim	TIM (English, German, Dutch, Slovene)	English, German, Dutch, Slovene, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
GÜNay	-	Turkish, Azerbaijani
Lynnette	li-NET	English
Soma	SO-maw	Hungarian