verb
(tr, adverb) to kill in large numbers, esp by gunfire
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How to use mow down in a sentence Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.
My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out.
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
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Other Idioms and Phrases with mow down
1 Destroy in great numbers, especially in battle, as in The machine gun mowed them down as they advanced . [Late 1500s]
2 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.
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