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bowled over

adjective as in completely surprised

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As a younger actor, I would've been bowled over by the fan reaction, for better and worse.

From Salon

She said she was bowled over by the emergency response.

I have previously been bowled over by Deaf West’s ability to find new expressive life in familiar musicals.

The buyer, Lincoln artist David Taylor, said he had been "bowled over" by the artwork while browsing a sale at a regional auction house.

From BBC

The strike also bowled over around 100 head of cattle that had bunched around the trailer loaded with hay, said Crocket.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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