keel over
— phrasal verb with keel uk/kiːl/us/kiːl/verb
(PERSON)
to fall over suddenly:
He finished the bottle, stood up to leave, and keeled over.
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Falling and dropping
- ass
- ass over teakettle idiom
- collapse
- collapse/fall in a heap idiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop
- drop like flies idiom
- drop sb/sth off
- fly
- hit the deck idiom
- let go idiom
- nosedive
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- put sth/sb down
- shower
- wayside
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(BOAT)
If a boat keels over, it turns upside down in the water:
The storm raged and they struggled to stop the boat from keeling over.
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Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
- bail
- bail sth out
- buoy
- ducking
- go
- go under
- ground
- keel
- refloat
- resurface
- ride
- ride sth out
- right
- run
- run aground/ashore idiom
- sank
- submerge
- sunken
- unsinkable
- waterlogged
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