mow down
phrasal verb
mowed down; mowed down or mown down; mowing down; mows down
Definition of mow 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.
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