bowl over
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bowl over
verb bowls over · bowling over · bowled over
- To overwhelm; to cause to fall to the ground. This tribe lived largely upon the smaller animals which they bowled over with their stone hatchets after making a wide circle about their quarry and driving it so that it had to pass close to one of their number.
- To overwhelm with astonishment or wonder; to flabbergast.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, over.
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verb to overwhelm with astonishment or wonder — see also flabbergast
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Talk about this word "bowl over." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bowl%20over. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bowl over. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bowl%20over "bowl over." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bowl%20over.
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@misc{bowl_over_2026,
title = {bowl over},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bowl%20over},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
