bowl sb/sth over phrasal

bowl sb/sth over phrasal
verb (T)
1 to accidentally hit someone so that they fall down, because you are running too quickly: Some kids running past bowled an old lady over.
2 to surprise, please, or excite someone very much: We were absolutely bowled over by the Parthenon.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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