bowl
131bowl a googly — verb to surprise (someone); to introduce (to someone) something unexpected, underhand or requiring a quick reaction or correction. Fred bowled me a googly when he asked me to explain those statistics in the meeting. Syn: catch unawares, catch …
132bowl over — verb a) To overwhelm; to cause to fall to the ground. This tribe lived largely upon the smaller animals which they bowled over with their stone hatchets after making a wide circle about their quarry and driving it so that it had to pass close to… …
