bowl somebody ↔ over phrasal verb (see also bowl)

1. to accidentally hit someone and knock them down because you are running in a place that is full of people or things Synonym : knock over

2. to surprise, please, or excite someone very much Synonym : knock out:
He was bowled over by her beauty.

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bowl over
bowl (someone) over
1.
to completely surprise someone.
I was totally bowled over by the beautiful gift from the office staff.

The party completely bowled him over.

2.
to cause someone to fall by hitting them with your body.
Reagan burst through the door, practically bowling over Jeanne.

Etymology: based on the game of bowling, in which a ball is rolled toward a group of wooden objects with the intention of making them fall

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bowl over
to surprise or overwhelm someone
The salesman bowled me over with his energetic sales talk.

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bowl over
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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bowl someone over
bowl (someone) over
1.
to completely surprise someone.
I was totally bowled over by the beautiful gift from the office staff.

The party completely bowled him over.

2.
to cause someone to fall by hitting them with your body.
Reagan burst through the door, practically bowling over Jeanne.

Etymology: based on the game of bowling, in which a ball is rolled toward a group of wooden objects with the intention of making them fall

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bowl someone over
to surprise or overwhelm someone
The salesman bowled me over with his energetic sales talk.

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