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.
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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.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Police have arrested a New Jersey box truck driver accused of mowing down a 29-year-old Queens man a block away from his home nearly seven months ago, police said Thursday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
About twelve years ago, a contractor named Geary Blackwood hauled a massive flint rock to one of his properties, on a busy highway, to mark a row of mailboxes that kept getting mowed down.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
CeeDee Lamb: Celebrating with his back to a play, Lamb got a little too close to the action on the sideline and was mowed down by side judge Anthony Jeffries.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Police have arrested a New Jersey box truck driver accused of mowing down a 29-year-old Queens man a block away from his home nearly seven months ago, police said Thursday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
About twelve years ago, a contractor named Geary Blackwood hauled a massive flint rock to one of his properties, on a busy highway, to mark a row of mailboxes that kept getting mowed down.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
CeeDee Lamb: Celebrating with his back to a play, Lamb got a little too close to the action on the sideline and was mowed down by side judge Anthony Jeffries.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mow down
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“Mow down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mow%20down. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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