lash down

Related to lash down: lash out

lash down

1. Of rain, to fall very heavily. It's been lashing down for the last hour or so. It's dry at the moment, but with how dark those clouds are it looks like it could lash down at any moment.
2. To tie or strap someone or something down very tightly. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "lash" and "down." Make sure to lash that timber down before we start driving, or else it will all spill out onto the road. They lashed the prisoner down to the table and began torturing him to extract information.
See also: down, lash
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lash someone or something down

to tie someone or something down. The villain lashed Nell down to the railroad tracks. He lashed down the innocent victim. Lash that cask down so it doesn't wash overboard.
See also: down, lash
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • it strikes me that
  • it's all the same to me
  • be up to (one)
  • be up to somebody
  • it's on me
  • scooch
  • a scooch
  • the way the crow flies
  • the moment (one) has been waiting for
  • it's a wonder
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