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cloud over
Become opaque, misty, or dim, as in I'm sweating so much that my eyeglasses are clouded over .
Become overcast with clouds, as in It's clouding over now, so it may rain soon , or It was too hot and sunny, but after a while the sky clouded up and we ventured outside . [Mid-1700s]
Idioms and Phrases
Also, cloud up .Example Sentences
A major fire is still raging at the site and pictures show huge, billowing black clouds over the wharfs.
Danger hangs in the air like the clouds over the fields where Sammie works barefoot, mud squelched between his toes.
“Thank God they caught him before the fires … there would have been a mushroom cloud over his house,” Chappelle said.
With high pressure still close by and a brisk wind likely in the north and west of the UK it may be possible to see more of these stunning clouds over the weekend.
"Knowing Manchester, it will probably be raining. There are certainly clouds over both clubs at the moment anyway."
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