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mow down — (someone/something) to violently cause someone or something to fall. The car skidded along the side of the road and mowed down several mailboxes before coming to a stop. A young woman was mowed down in a public market by narcotics traffickers.… … New idioms dictionary
mow down — verb kill a large number of people indiscriminately The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda • Syn: ↑massacre, ↑slaughter • Derivationally related forms: ↑slaughter (for: ↑slaughter), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mow down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms mow down : present tense I/you/we/they mow down he/she/it mows down present participle mowing down past tense mowed down past participle mown down or mowed down informal to kill a lot of people quickly and… … English dictionary
mow down — they were ordered to mow down the student protestors Syn: kill, run down, gun down, shoot down, cut down, cut to pieces, butcher, slaughter, massacre, annihilate, wipe out; informal blow away … Thesaurus of popular words
mow down — verb a) To cut down, especially in large numbers. Our forecast calls for a return of summery weather in the 80s this weekend, so we actually can get out and mow down those weeds without having to inhale clouds of dust. b) To kill or slaughter, or … Wiktionary
mow down someone — mow down (someone/something) to violently cause someone or something to fall. The car skidded along the side of the road and mowed down several mailboxes before coming to a stop. A young woman was mowed down in a public market by narcotics… … New idioms dictionary
mow down something — mow down (someone/something) to violently cause someone or something to fall. The car skidded along the side of the road and mowed down several mailboxes before coming to a stop. A young woman was mowed down in a public market by narcotics… … New idioms dictionary
mow down — Synonyms and related words: beat down, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, cast down, chop down, cut down, dash down, deck, down, drop, fell, fetch down, flatten, floor, ground, hew… … Moby Thesaurus
mow down — PHRASAL VERB If someone is mown down, they are killed violently by a vehicle or gunfire. [be V ed P] She was mown down on a pedestrian crossing... [V P n (not pron)] Gunmen mowed down 10 people in one attack. [Also V n P] … English dictionary
mow — [məu US mou] v past tense mowed past participle mown [məun US moun] [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: mawan] 1.) to cut grass using a machine ▪ It s time to mow the lawn again. 2.) new mown hay/grass etc recently cut grass etc mow down … Dictionary of contemporary English
