BOWL OVER


Meaning of BOWL OVER in English

1.

To bowl someone over means to push into them and make them fall to the ground.

The only physical risk I ran was being bowled over by one of the many joggers...

Some people had to cling to trees as the flash flood bowled them over.

= knock over

PHRASAL VERB: be V-ed P, V n P (not pron), also V P n

2.

If you are bowled over by something, you are very impressed or surprised by it.

Like any tourist, I was bowled over by India.

...a man who bowled her over with his humour and charm.

PHRASAL VERB: be V-ed P, V n P, also V P n (not pron)

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