the explosion bowled us over : KNOCK DOWN/OVER, fell, floor, prostrate.
(informal) I have been bowled over by your generosity : OVERWHELM, astound, astonish, overawe, dumbfound, stagger, stun, daze, shake, take aback, leave aghast; informal knock sideways, flabbergast, blow away; Brit. informal knock for six.
2192; headword