to knock someone over, because you are hurrying somewhere
to surprise someone by being very beautiful, impressive, unexpected etc
If he gets you in his sights and bowls over after over at you it is going to be dangerous.
The "Mighty Atom" was near bowled over by one of them.
The star says he has swapped wild Friday nights out with the lads after being bowled over by the Eastern meditative exercise.
We were bowled over by the sheer beauty of the landscape.
bowls over
bowling over
bowled over
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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