单词 | mow down |
释义 | mow downSEE SYNONYMS FOR mow down ON THESAURUS.COM verb(tr, adverb) to kill in large numbers, esp by gunfire Words nearby mow downMoviola, mow, Mowat, mowburnt, mowdie, mow down, mower, mower deck, mowing, mowing machine, Mowlam Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with mow downmow down Destroy in great numbers, especially in battle, as in The machine gun mowed them down as they advanced. [Late 1500s] Overwhelm, as in He mowed down the opposition with his arguments. This usage, like the first, alludes to mowing, the cutting of grass with a scythe or other implement. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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