row over

/ rəʊ /

verb

1. to win a rowing race unopposed, by rowing the course

noun

1. the act of doing this

Example Sentences

That was six years before the so-called biography law, but the row over Garrincha set the tone for the battles that would ensue.

From The Daily Beast

There was that combustive row over guns, in which two (and maybe three, pending results) anti-gun legislators were recalled.

From The Daily Beast

There can never be a Nobel-style row over whether an American wins the Man Booker Prize.

From The Daily Beast

At length he determined to row over to the giant's place and see if fortune would favour him.

From Project Gutenberg

There will be a row over this, but—well, it is too much to expect men to submit to such unnecessary discomfort.

From Project Gutenberg

Suppose we row over while Edith goes on her wheel to Mrs. Hansens and telephones to Boonton.

From Project Gutenberg

Byron stayed at Sécheron, but used often to row over to visit them.

From Project Gutenberg

What if it should come calm and you ain't got him talked over and they should take the boat and row over to the mainland?

From Project Gutenberg