keel over

[keel over] {v.}

1. To turn upside down; tip over; overturn. — Usually refers to a boat.

* /The strong wind made the sailboat keel over and the passengers fell into the water./

2. {informal} To fall over in a faint; taint.

* /It was so hot during the assembly program that two girls who were standing on the stage keeled over./

* /When the principal told the girl her father died, she keeled right over./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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