bowl over

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English - English
To overwhelm with astonishment or wonder; to flabbergast
To overwhelm; to cause to fall to the ground

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.

If you are bowled over by something, you are very impressed or surprised by it. Like any tourist, I was bowled over by India. a man who bowled her over with his humour and charm
amaze, astound, baffle, surprise greatly
overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!"
To bowl someone over means to push into them and make them fall to the ground. The only physical risk I ran was being bowled over by one of the many joggers Some people had to cling to trees as the flash flood bowled them over. = knock over
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"
bowl over
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