mow down

phrasal verb

mowed down; mowed down or mown down; mowing down; mows down
informal
: to kill or knock down (a person or many people) in a sudden and violent way
The soldiers were mowed down by machine guns.
The car mowed down four pedestrians.

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Biggest Global and Domestic Opening Ever for filmmaker Jon M. Chu, mowing down the $40.5M domestic start of his 2013 Dwyane Johnson, Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum sequel, G.I. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2024 Tyrion’s monologue about making meaning out of madness foreshadowed the audience’s experience during the week between the two final episodes of Season Eight, when viewers were left to make sense of Daenerys’ willingness at King’s Landing to mow down innocent civilians like so many insects. Charli Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2019 The ban was touted as saving girls from being injured by hulking transgender girls mowing down teammates and taking home all the trophies. Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024 For most of the night, the sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium sat awestruck at how easily Buehler mowed down the best offense in baseball. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mow down 

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“Mow down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mow%20down. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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