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bowled around the legs

bowled around the legs adjective: having lost to a bowl-out by a ball that passes the leg side before hitting the wicket.

Adjective

bowled around the legs (not comparable)

  1. Having lost to a bowl-out by a ball that passes the leg side before hitting the wicket.

Questions about bowled around the legs

What does bowled around the legs mean?
Bowled around the legs means having lost to a bowl-out by a ball that passes the leg side before hitting the wicket.
What part of speech is bowled around the legs?
Bowled around the legs is an adjective.

Words near bowled around the legs in the dictionary

  1. Bowlds
  2. Bowldses
  3. bowle
  4. bowled
  5. bowled a googly
  6. bowled around the legs
  7. bowled out
  8. bowled over
  9. bowled up
  10. bowleg
  11. bowlegged

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