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Bowl a googly

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    to surprise (someone); to introduce (to someone) something unexpected, underhand or requiring a quick reaction or correction. UK, figuratively, idiomatic, transitive

    "Fred bowled me a googly when he asked me to explain those statistics in the meeting."

  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, googly. ambitransitive

Etymology

From the cricket term.

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