passed out

past tense of pass out
as in fainted
to lose consciousness I passed out from the flu

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Recent Examples of passed out There was one of Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookies ground into the carpet, and there was Kelsey Swanson, passed out under the piano and drooling on the parquet. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 On the first day of training camp, Burke passed out note cards to every Texans defensive player as their opening meeting began. — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 After a 2-year-old drowned in a backyard swimming pool in July 2025, Fatehi considered filing felony murder charges against his mother, who had passed out from drinking at the time of the accident. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026 Flash would rewire a street light to provide power for his turntables and speakers, and local kids—usually girls—passed out fliers and served as impromptu publicity teams. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 Kimball noted the global impact of the case and resonance of issues of postpartum depression and psychosis, as organizers passed out countries’ flags intended to represent supporters across the world. — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 The guide also was passed out at the African-American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, a popular early voting site among Black voters. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026 After the presentation, markers are passed out so parents can write parting notes for their children on the whiteboard. — Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026 Staff at the school passed out food purchased by the school district to families in need in the wake of the storms. — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passed out
Verb
  • The three members invited more than 30 guests and at some point there were approximately more than 600 people outside Maison Estelle, where someone is presumed to have fainted.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The details of Ivester’s murder are so haunting that a juror fainted during Thompson’s trial.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
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  • Messi collapsed to the turf as his teammates, delirious, ran to hug him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Jim Bakker, the pioneering TV evangelist who became a symbol of the glitz and greed of the 1980s when his PTL empire near Charlotte collapsed amid scandals, died Monday.
    — Melissa Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • This, Rostov’s main thoroughfare, wasn’t illuminated by the familiar bright glare of its many street lamps, or by light from its windows, now blacked out, but emerged from the darkness all the more gently in a milky cloak of moonlight.
    — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Regulators blacked out the exact contract terms in public filings.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Passed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passed%20out. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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