pass out
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To fall asleep irrespective of wilful action, as a result of the consumption of alcohol or other drugs or another form of physiological exhaustion.
Slang
verb
To become proficient in a particular job or task.
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, out.
Example Sentences
- "I pass out at the sight of blood."
- "I passed out on the train after drinking a bottle of vodka."
- "At the end of the presentations, the whole folk scene joined hands and sang We Shall Overcome so many times that everybody passed out."
- "Near-synonyms: hand out, give out"
- "We'll pass out copies of the agenda."
- "He wasn't allowed to finish his training to go to France; but was sent to England on a Physical Training Course and passed out First Class."