bowl out
phr. v..phr. v.. to end a player's turn in cricket by hitting the wicket with the ball.
phr. v.. to dismiss a batsman by delivering a ball that hits the wicket; a transitive phrasal verb specific to the sport of cricket.
The star player was bowled out for zero.
The fast bowler managed to bowl out the final three batsmen in just one over.
Despite a resilient opening partnership, the visiting team was eventually bowled out for a modest total before the tea break.
- Particles
- out
- Separability
- optional
- Pattern
- bowl + object + out
often used in the passive voice when referring to the player or the whole team.
this is highly technical sports vocabulary; use it to demonstrate how phrasal verbs can have very specific meanings within professional or cultural niches.
The team was bowl out early.The team was bowled out early.as a regular verb, the past participle 'bowled' must be used in passive constructions.