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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Desperate to avoid being mowed down, the victim leaped onto Angstadt’s hood and clung to it for nearly 330 feet until he was thrown from the hatchback.
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Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
UConn is used to being the boulder, of mowing down anyone and everyone unfortunate enough to be in its path.
—Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
Man who mowed down students with his car, killing teen outside Westlake High, pleads guilty.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Desperate to avoid being mowed down, the victim leapt onto the hood and clung on for nearly 330 feet until he was thrown from the car and onto the pavement.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
UConn is used to being the boulder, of mowing down anyone and everyone unfortunate enough to be in its path.
—Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
Man who mowed down students with his car, killing teen outside Westlake High, pleads guilty.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Desperate to avoid being mowed down, the victim leapt onto the hood and clung on for nearly 330 feet until he was thrown from the car and onto the pavement.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
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 11 Apr. 2025.
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