BOWL OVER


Meaning of BOWL OVER in English

{v.}, {informal} 1. To knock down as if with a bowled ball. * /The taxi hit him a glancing blow and bowled him over./ 2. To astonish with success or shock with misfortune; upset; stun. * /He was bowled over by his wife's sudden death./ * /The young actress bowled over everybody in her first movie./

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