as in fainted
to lose consciousness
I passed out from the flu
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Recent Examples of passed out
After making those edits, the bill passed out of the Assembly Committee on Transportation and was approved by the Senate Committee on Transportation Tuesday.
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Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
It's shown in three bills that passed out of committee to the full Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday, with the majority of the votes bipartisan.
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Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Burns said the governor’s office and leaders in the state House had agreed to the Senate proposal, which passed out of two committees Thursday.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
An airport vendor employee who passed out on an aircraft at Charlotte Douglas International Airport was treated and released from the hospital Wednesday, an airport spokesperson said.
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Maveah Griffith,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
The seven-week-old puppies were passed out asleep after a long, hard day of being dogs, but that didn’t stop people from getting their hands on them.
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Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
In Inglewood, Red’s Flavor Table passed out shrimp and potato breakfast bowls to guests.
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Danielle Dorsey,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
The worker had passed out between the laundry and shower facilities and was surrounded by eight other panicked staff members deliberating what to do.
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Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Tables were pushed to the perimeters of the courtyard, ceramic dishes were passed out to all diners, and once the unmistakable twang of bouzouki started blaring over the loudspeakers, the plates started flying.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
It's shown in three bills that passed out of committee to the full Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday, with the majority of the votes bipartisan.
—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Burns said the governor’s office and leaders in the state House had agreed to the Senate proposal, which passed out of two committees Thursday.
—
ABC News,
18 June 2026
An airport vendor employee who passed out on an aircraft at Charlotte Douglas International Airport was treated and released from the hospital Wednesday, an airport spokesperson said.
—
Maveah Griffith,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
The seven-week-old puppies were passed out asleep after a long, hard day of being dogs, but that didn’t stop people from getting their hands on them.
—
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
In Inglewood, Red’s Flavor Table passed out shrimp and potato breakfast bowls to guests.
—
Danielle Dorsey,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
The worker had passed out between the laundry and shower facilities and was surrounded by eight other panicked staff members deliberating what to do.
—
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Tables were pushed to the perimeters of the courtyard, ceramic dishes were passed out to all diners, and once the unmistakable twang of bouzouki started blaring over the loudspeakers, the plates started flying.
—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passed out
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In July 2023, Kelly fainted while out for dinner with friends in Los Angeles and was taken to the hospital, where doctors found blood clots around her lungs and legs.
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Ednar Dayanghirang, director of the Office of Civil Defense in a nearby southern region, said more than 100 students attending morning flag-raising ceremonies sustained bruises and some fainted in panic at different elementary and high schools.
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Niv Shisler, 24, an aspiring rapper who works at Dorfman’s restaurant, moved to the town last November lured by cheap housing when rents collapsed during the war.
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The project had to be unplugged within months — before being widely deployed — when the company behind it collapsed.
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The auroral activity apparently caused some magnetic disturbances in the atmosphere, so that for three days we were almost blacked out on the radio.
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The documents in question include eight emails with either the sender or recipient blacked out, a draft indictment of Epstein with the names of potential co-conspirators obscured and a 2019 email that mentions several co-conspirators whose names were redacted.
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“Passed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passed%20out. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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