as in to faint
to lose consciousness
I swear I'll keel over if you make me dissect a frog
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faint
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Children fainting during assembly early in the morning.—
Ariel Saramandi,
The Dial,
29 July 2025 -
TikTok reactions to the patently insane things Tyra Banks said and did — including casual body-shaming, screaming her head off at a contestant, and pretending to faint during a taping — regularly go viral.—
Emily Palmer Heller,
Vulture,
9 July 2025
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“Keel (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keel%20%28over%29. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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