shower down

1. To clean oneself off in the shower, especially after some particularly dirty or strenuous activity. I need to go home after work and shower down, but I can meet you a little bit later if you want. I get so sweaty when I dance that I have to go shower down straight away when I'm finished.

2. To wash someone or something with a continuous spray or jet of water, as from a showerhead. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "shower" and "down." Our boiler isn't working, so we've had to shower the kids down in the electric shower in the basement. Make sure you shower down the horses after the guests come back from their ride.

3. To come falling down in great quantities from the sky. Meteors shower down upon the planet nearly constantly, making it totally uninhabitable. Huge drops of water showered down on the excavation, bringing all of our progress to a halt.

4. To cause something to fall from above in great quantities. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "shower" and "down." The wealthy old man took bagfuls of money to the roof of the tallest building and showered cash down on the people below. The gods will shower down their wrath upon you for this blasphemous act!

5. To heap an inordinate amount of something on someone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "shower" and "down." The world showered praise down on the team for their breakthroughs in cancer research. The gods will shower down their wrath upon you for this blasphemous act!