mow down

phrasal verb

mowed down; mowed down or mown down; mowing down; mows down

informal

: to kill or knock down (a person or many people) in a sudden and violent way

The soldiers were mowed down by machine guns.

The car mowed down four pedestrians.

Examples of mow down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dozens of animals have been mowing down overgrown vegetation at Jay Peak near the Canadian border. —Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025

There was just one wild-card spot per league in 1999, and the Mets’ Al Leiter mowed down the Reds in a Game 163 to advance to the official playoffs. —C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025

After that, the four playable characters arrive and mow down waves enemies. —G Kirilloff, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

The opportunity passed by the wayside, however, when the Orioles brought in journeyman right-hander Rico Garcia, who proceeded to mow down Jarren Duran, Trevor Story and Masataka Yoshida for three straight strikeouts. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for mow down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown