If someone is mown down, they are killed violently by a vehicle or gunfire.
She was mown down on a pedestrian crossing...
Gunmen mowed down 10 people in one attack.
PHRASAL VERB: be V-ed P, V P n (not pron), also V n P
If someone is mown down, they are killed violently by a vehicle or gunfire.
She was mown down on a pedestrian crossing...
Gunmen mowed down 10 people in one attack.
PHRASAL VERB: be V-ed P, V P n (not pron), also V n P
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012