bowling (down or over)

verb

Definition of bowling (down or over)next
present participle of bowl (down or over)
as in downing
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the exuberant dog bowled over several children

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowling (down or over)
  1. downing
  2. dropping
  3. knocking over
  4. knocking down
Verb
  • His penchant for downing bottles of wine throughout his life seemed reasonable.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • In England, an 18-year-old woman suffered three cardiac arrests after downing 10 Jägerbombs, a cocktail that combines an energy drink with the spirit Jägermeister.
    — Ashley Okwuosa, STAT, 30 July 2026
Definition of downing
Verb
  • At the halfway mark, Bullock took the lead, with Esponda dropping to fifth due to limited difficulty in her uneven bars routine.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • And the department has also seen several high-profile cases unravel recently, including dropping vandalism charges against a former Olympic canoeist and others over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
    — NPR Staff, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of dropping
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  • Getting two mouflon proved no more difficult than knocking over the aoudad; both were one-shot kills.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
  • One Sunday, Henrichsen assaulted an elderly couple walking along a road, knocking over an 80-year-old man and striking his wife, according to a memo compiled by the neighborhood homeowner’s association.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of knocking over
Verb
  • With those numbers, the WNBA should be knocking down Tétart's door, right?
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Winds gusted up to 80 miles per hour, bowing palm trees and knocking down power lines that sparked the fires.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026
Definition of knocking down
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