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it looks like rain

idiom

used to say that one thinks it is going to rain soon
I was going to play golf, but it looks like rain.
Take an umbrella with you. It looks like rain.

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“It looks like rain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/it%20looks%20like%20rain. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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