pass out
— phrasal verb with pass uk/pɑːs/us/pæs/verb
(BECOME UNCONSCIOUS)
B2 to become unconscious for a short time, for example when ill, badly hurt, or drunk:
I was hit on the head and passed out.
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Losing consciousness
- black out
- blackout
- collapse
- coma
- concuss
- concussed
- concussion
- conk out
- faint
- go out like a light idiom
- insensible
- knock
- knock sb out
- oblivion
- out
- see
- see stars idiom
- stupor
- swoon
- syncope
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(LEAVE COLLEGE)
UK to leave a military college after successfully finishing the course:
The new officers passed out from Britannia Royal Naval College on Thursday 1 August .
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Military training & ceremonies
- assault course
- attention
- civil defence
- ease
- fall
- fall in
- fatigue
- garrison
- manoeuvre
- national service
- pass
- passing-out
- recon
- reconnaissance
- reveille
- review
- route march
- salute
- tattoo
- troop
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