bowl up
bowl up · bowls up · bowled up · bowling up
To travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicleTo travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicle.
» Bruno hid behind the counter, bowled up like a child.
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4 senses(informal, intransitive)To travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicle.
(informal, intransitive)To approach.
(idiomatic, intransitive)To pack the bowl of a pipe with smokable material.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, up.
Examples
1 sentencesBruno hid behind the counter, bowled up like a child.
Forms
bowls up, bowling up, bowled up, bowled up| Base form | bowl up · to bowl up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | bowls up |
| Present participle | bowling up |
| Past simple | bowled up |
| Past participle | bowled up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedball up
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.