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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The irregular heartbeat — ventricular fibrillation (v-fib) — prevents blood from pumping to the brain causing a person to faint or sudden cardiac death.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
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But Bailey told me that people wouldn’t necessarily faint on a visual.—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Keel (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keel%20%28over%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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