mow down
English
Verb
mow down (third-person singular simple present mows down, present participle mowing down, simple past and past participle mowed down)
- (transitive) To cut down, especially in large numbers.
- 2006 Sept. 15, "Roses ‘n’ Razzies," gazettetimes.com (Oregon, USA) (retrieved 1 Apr 2011):
- Our forecast calls for a return of summery weather in the 80s this weekend, so we actually can get out and mow down those weeds without having to inhale clouds of dust.
- 2006 Sept. 15, "Roses ‘n’ Razzies," gazettetimes.com (Oregon, USA) (retrieved 1 Apr 2011):
- (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To kill or slaughter, or to injure by knocking down, especially in large numbers and in a ruthless manner.
- 1952 Oct. 27, "War in Korea: Bloodshed in the Hills" Time:
- [T]heir machine-gunners mowed down wave after wave of counterattacking Chinese.
- 1952 Oct. 27, "War in Korea: Bloodshed in the Hills" Time:
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