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bowl out en · VERB
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Meanings
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(of a side) To take all the opponents' wickets (in whatever way) and thus end their innings.
They were bowled out for 181.
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(of a bowler or batsman) To dismiss or be dismissed bowled.
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(figuratively, transitive) To overcome opposition from (a person); to remove out of one's way.
At least once a year, I go to every grammar school in my constituency—with one exception where the headmaster has managed to keep me out, but I shall bowl him out this year.
1968, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 395:
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