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keel over

verb

    To suffer temporary lack of consciousness: black out, faint, pass out, swoon. See awareness/unawareness.

 
 
Idioms: keel over

Collapse, as if in a faint; also, faint. For example, When she heard the awful news, she keeled over. This term alludes to a vessel rolling on its keel and capsizing. [Mid-1800s]


 
Antonyms: keel over

v

Definition: fall, faint
Antonyms: stand, straighten


 
WordNet: keel over
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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: turn over and fall


 
 

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