out like a light

[out like a light] {adj. phr.}, {informal}

1. Fast asleep; to sleep very quickly.

* /Tom got so much fresh air and exercise that he went out like a light as soon as he lay down./

* /As soon as the lights were turned off, Johnny was out like a light./

2. In a faint; unconscious.

* /Johnny was hit by a ball and went out like a light./

* /After she read that Tom had married another girl Jean was out like a light for several minutes./

Compare: OUT COLD.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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