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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The 2014 team, led by Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota, mowed down most of the teams on its schedule but got bludgeoned by Ezekiel Elliott and Ohio State in the first College Football Playoff national championship game.
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Austin Meek, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
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
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Austin Meek, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
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
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“Mow down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mow%20down. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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