Meaning of bowl up | Babel Free
Definitions
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To travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicle. informal, intransitive
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To pack the bowl of a pipe with smokable material. idiomatic, intransitive
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, up.
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.