# bowl over

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/bowl-over
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To overwhelm; to cause to fall to the ground.

## Examples

- The news of her promotion bowled me over.
- I was completely bowled over by the beauty of the mountains when I first arrived in the valley.
- The sheer scale of the historical evidence presented in the lecture bowled over even the most skeptical members of the audience.

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