mow down

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

The light at the end of the New York Mets’ clubhouse tunnel appeared bright after Francisco Lindor hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the third inning, and starter Nolan McLean was mowing down Minnesota Twins batters, taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026

Jews have been firebombed at peaceful protests in Boulder, and mowed down with cars in New York. —Gayle Pearlstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026

The suspect then put his 2001 Buick into reverse and mowed down the victim and fled the scene, according to police. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026

Knight wrote his memoir while serving a 28-year prison sentence for voluntary manslaughter, stemming from the January 2015 death of Terry Carter, whom Knight mowed down with his car. —Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for mow down

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