Word Study
bowl over
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb bowl over has 2 senses
- bowl over(v = verb.motion) knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over, upset - cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" is one way to displace, move
- bowl over(v = verb.cognition) boggle, flabbergast - overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!" is one way to surprise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
The bad news will bowl over him
The good news will bowl over her
The performance is likely to bowl over Sue
THESAURUS
bowl over
amaze, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder, blow down, blow over, boggle, bowl down, bring down, bulldog, cast down, chop down, confound, cut down, dash down, daze, dazzle, deck, down, drop, dumbfound, dumbfounder, electrify, fell, fetch down, flabbergast, flatten, floor, frighten, ground, hew down, jar, jolt, knock down, knock over, lay level, lay low, lay out, level, mow down, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, precipitate, prostrate, pull down, rase, raze, send headlong, shake, shock, spread-eagle, stagger, startle, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefy, supinate, surprise, take aback, take down, throw, throw down, topple, trip, tumble, whack down
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