Sekirov Dictionary

bowl out

verb 3
bowl-out noun 1
forms 4

verb3

•
To take all the opponents' wickets (in whatever way) and thus end their innings.
- They were bowled out for 181.
To dismiss or be dismissed bowled.
•
(figurative) 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

bowl-out noun1

A series of deliveries at an unguarded wicket at the end of a non-first-class cricket match, used to decide the winner of a drawn match.

forms

bowled out · bowling out · bowls out · bowl-outs

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