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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After the surgery Two days later, a nearly fainting NW showed up at Jackson North Medical Center with shortness of breath and heart palpitations.—
David J. Neal
May 6,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026 -
People reportedly fainted, others walked out, and the intense reimagining became, in part, a measure of what its attendees could endure.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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“Keel (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keel%20%28over%29. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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