be rained off

— Phrasal Verb with rain

/reɪn/ verb

Definition

UK (US be rained out)

› If a sport or outside activity is rained off, it cannot start or continue because it is raining: Most of today's matches were rained off.

(Definition of be rained off from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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