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phrasebowl out
bowl sb out • bowl out sb usually passive BrE in cricket, if one team bowls out the team that is hitting the ball, they succeed in ending their period of play by getting all their players out:+ for New Zealand took the lead over Zimbabwe, who were bowled out for 219 in Bulawayo.■ SIMILAR TO: dismiss formal
bowl out1. verb In cricket, to cause a batsman to be out by bowling a ball to them and striking the wicket. A noun or pronoun can be used between "bowl" and "out." I can't believe I got bowled out again! 2. noun In cricket, a method of deciding a tie game in which five players from each team bowl at an unguarded wicket. The team with the most hits is awarded the win. In this usage, the phrase is often hyphenated. Well, if it's a tie score, the game will have to be decided by a bowl-out. bowl outv. Chiefly British In the game of cricket, to retire some batsman with a bowled ball that knocks the bails off the wicket. Used chiefly in the passive: They played well but were bowled out shortly after lunch. |