bowl over

VERB
  1. overcome with amazement
    This boggles the mind!
  2. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
    the clumsy customer turned over the vase
    The cat knocked over the flower vase
    he tumped over his beer

How To Use bowl over In A Sentence

  • In England, blind cricketers bowl overarm and with a slightly bigger ball about the size of a size 3 football.
  • Take three licks / laps and then turn the bowl over on the floor.
  • Mix cheeses. melt plain chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.
  • Then I boil up a portion each morning and pour it into a deep bowl over raw prawns or raw fillet steak, julienne of cucumber, bean sprouts, chilli and noodles.
  • That she was petrified his extremely good looks would bowl over too many other, better girls.
  • Topping: Meanwhile, chop chocolate; in heatproof bowl over saucepan of hot (not boiling) water, melt chocolate with butter. Archive 2005-11-01
  • The puppy raised his little paw and tipped the bowl over, spilling some of the chicken soup at the bottom. Times, Sunday Times
  • Invert large bowl over dough and let rise in warm place 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
  • It's hard to get too excited for the England boys when they've just vanquished a team that can barely bowl overarm.
  • Using a chilled meat grinder fitted with the medium die, grind chicken, livers, pork and fat back into a large bowl over an ice water bath.
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