keels (over)

verb

present tense third-person singular of keel (over)
as in faints
to lose consciousness I swear I'll keel over if you make me dissect a frog

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  1. faints
  2. passes out
  3. collapses
  4. blacks out
Verb
  • Briar Blush faints @worldofwonder SPOILER ALERT!
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 June 2026
  • If a person faints, as Cantrell did, that's a sign the disease is advanced, Russo said.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of faints
Verb
  • Argentina were aggressive once Messi and Alvarez were bypassed, but quick passes out wide to Ndoye or into Embolo gave the Swiss a reliable route towards the penalty area.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • Once the budget resolution passes out of committee, the committees that received instructions get to work.
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 3 June 2026
Definition of passes out
Verb
  • Every disagreement collapses into a binary, because binaries perform better than the truth usually is.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Advertisement Gu-cheon manages to bring Saeng-gang back to the mortal world, but collapses into a coma soon after.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026
Definition of collapses
Verb
  • But beyond noting that the case was closed, the report blacks out all the details describing the event.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
Definition of blacks out
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