bowl somebody over

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

bowl sb over phrasal verb usually passive [ bowls sb over bowling sb over bowled sb over bowled sb over bowled sb over ]
 
KNOCK DOWN
1. to knock someone to the ground by running into them
• She was almost bowled over by a huge dog.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
 
PLEASE
2. to surprise and please someone a lot
• She was bowled over when she heard she'd won the competition.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Surprising and shocking ↑Making people sad, shocked and upset
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