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Bowl over

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To overwhelm; to cause to fall to the ground. idiomatic, transitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    overcome with amazement wordnet
  3. 3
    To overwhelm with astonishment or wonder; to flabbergast. idiomatic, transitive
  4. 4
    cause to overturn from an upright or normal position wordnet
  5. 5
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, over.

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