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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An elderly man was mowed down and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn on May 10 — just seconds after the same driver smashed into a nearby vehicle, cops said Wednesday.
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
The rest of the team ends up having an impromptu guys’ night with McGee and Torres teaming up to mow down cute but lethal teddy bears in Killing with Kindness 3 on the big screen in Kasie’s lab.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
In reality, those cute rabbits can mow down a row of lettuce or an entire bed of petunias overnight.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
Vanderbilt Avenue organizers use them to mark the bike lanes along the six-block stretch to prevent cyclists from mowing down children chalking the pavement or 50-year-olds dancing to a jazz quartet.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 1 May 2025
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
The rest of the team ends up having an impromptu guys’ night with McGee and Torres teaming up to mow down cute but lethal teddy bears in Killing with Kindness 3 on the big screen in Kasie’s lab.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
In reality, those cute rabbits can mow down a row of lettuce or an entire bed of petunias overnight.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
Vanderbilt Avenue organizers use them to mark the bike lanes along the six-block stretch to prevent cyclists from mowing down children chalking the pavement or 50-year-olds dancing to a jazz quartet.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 1 May 2025
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“Mow down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mow%20down. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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