Word

bowl over, v.

overcome with amazement
<verb.cognition>

boggle bowl over flabbergast

sample sentences

"This boggles the mind!"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

semantic pointers

hypernym

surprise

cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

bowl over knock over overturn tip over tump over turn over upset

sample sentences

"The cat knocked over the flower vase"
"the clumsy customer turned over the vase"
"he tumped over his beer"