as in faints
to lose consciousness
I passed out from the flu
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Recent Examples of passes out
Danny passes out, but luckily doesn’t die.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Two bad passes out of 86 is a good day on the ball by any estimation, but the reality of this position in Chelsea’s system is that any time possession is lost carries grave risk.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Two bad passes out of 86 is a good day on the ball by any estimation, but the reality of this position in Chelsea’s system is that any time possession is lost carries grave risk.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passes out
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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
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Multiply that across millions of users and intellectual diversity collapses.—
Eric Markowitz,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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And after the Republic collapses, the empire continues to exist for another 500 years.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Passes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passes%20out. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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