rain in

rain in

v.
1. To cause something to remain inside due to rain: We wanted to go hiking, but we were rained in.
2. To cause something to take place inside due to rain. Used chiefly in the passive: Our outdoor party was rained in, but we still managed to have fun.
See also: rain
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • have no cause to (do something)
  • have cause to (do something)
  • have cause to do
  • bring (something) crashing down (around) (one)
  • bring crashing down
  • a recipe for disaster
  • a recipe for disaster, success, etc.
  • a recipe for (something)
  • give cause for
  • give cause for (something)
References in periodicals archive
Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 297.6mm rain in 9 hours (8:30am-5:30pm), higher than any 24-hour rain in August in a decade.
So the idea this was some My Fair Lady style tape for the purposes of practising "The Rain In Spain" is ludicrous.
Earlier, the worst rain in a century continued to pound Chennai on Wednesday, virtually turning the city into an island as road and rail links were destroyed and the airport shut till Sunday.
Thousands were rendered homeless as the city, which received 49 cm of rain, and Chembarambakkam, where the reservoir discharged about 25,000 cusecs of excess water into the Adyar river, received 47 cm of rain in the last 24 hours.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency for downtown Oklahoma City amid storms and heavy rain in the broader area.