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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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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