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ball over

/bɔːl ˈəʊ.vər/

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/bɔːl ˈəʊ.vər/C2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий сильно удивить, поразить или впечатлить кого-либо; ошеломить изумлением.

A phrasal verb meaning to thoroughly surprise, shock, or impress someone; to overwhelm with astonishment.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. To bowl over or knock downinformal

    To cause someone to fall or be knocked down, often by running into them.

    ruСбить с ног

    • The dog ran so fast it nearly balled over the child.
    • He was balled over by the sudden impact of the collision.
    • The crowd surged forward, balling over several people.

    Synonymsbowl overfellfloorknock downknock overmow downrun downtopple

  2. To overwhelm or astonishinformal

    To greatly surprise or impress someone, often in a positive way.

    ruОшеломить или поразить

    • The news of her promotion balled me over completely.
    • The beauty of the sunset balled over everyone on the beach.
    • His generosity balled over the entire community.

    Synonymsamazeastonishastounddumbfoundflabbergastimpressoverwhelmstaggerstunsurprise

    Antonymsboredepressdisappointdismay

Forms
  • balled over past participle
  • balled over past simple
  • balling over present participle
  • balls over third person singular

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Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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