pass\ out

pass\ out
v informal
1. To lose consciousness; faint.

She went back to work while she was still sick, and finally she just passed out.

Compare: give out(3)
2. or slang pass out cold
To drop into a drunken stupor; become unconscious from drink.

After three drinks, the man passed out.

3. To die.

Life came and went weakly in him for hours after surgery; then he passed out.

Syn.: pass away(3), pass on(3)

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