keel over
phrasal verb
keeled over; keeling over; keels over
informal
: to fall down suddenly
He just keeled over and died from a heart attack.
I almost keeled over with/in laughter.
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Despite the jaunty pop song playing, an older man going for a morning jog in a scrubby Buenos Aires park, suddenly keels over dead of a heart attack.
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
Abdul Hamid, a day laborer who lives next to the crash site, recalled seeing Waris keeled over vomiting and hearing vigilantes say that Waris was pleading for water.
—Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
Inside the burn, loblolly pine saplings keeled over, their leaves shriveling.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
Jessica Kiang, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
Abdul Hamid, a day laborer who lives next to the crash site, recalled seeing Waris keeled over vomiting and hearing vigilantes say that Waris was pleading for water.
—Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
Inside the burn, loblolly pine saplings keeled over, their leaves shriveling.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
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keel over
verb
: to fall suddenly (as in a faint)
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