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bowl up en · VERB
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(informal, intransitive) To travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicle.
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(informal, intransitive) To approach.
Thin the masther called out Dinny Moran, an' dhragged him up to one o' the Dublin young ladies, an' bid Dinny be stout an' ax her out to dance wid him. So Dinny, you see, though he was ashamed to make so free wid the lady, still he was afeard not to do as the masther bid him; so, by my conscience, he bowled up to her manfully, an' hild out the fist an' axed her out to dance wid him[.]"
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 517:
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To pack the bowl of a pipe with smokable material.
Of the many points Musk missed when he bought Twitter, one concerned the standard of content he was seeking to govern. It's like watching a drunk frat boy bowl up and flash Dorothy Parker.
2023 October 23, Zoe Williams, “Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2023:When we bowled up, it was at the tail end of a weekend party. There was a lot of smoking going on, there was a little kid, about 12 years old, rapping for everyone; he was great.
2016 June 8, John Doran, quoting Tom Sheehan, “Legendary Photographer Tom Sheehan Explains His Iconic Images”, in VICE, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, up.
The five-foot-nine senior bowled up the middle for a 55-yard gain to set up a field goal and then scored off a one-yard plunge in a 10-point third quarter.
2006 October 28, “CIS: Western and Queen’s score upsets in OUA playoffs”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023:
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