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keel over
verb
- to turn upside down; capsize
- informal.intr to collapse suddenly
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
Not long afterward I saw her keel over, break in two and disappear.
That fool of a country doctor tells me if I'm not careful what I eat I'll keel over pretty soon.
Theyll turn tail, and run a little way off after the crash of the gun inside here and seeing their mate keel over.
Three shells struck the Bouvet, and she soon began to keel over.
His knees were shaking under him, and he knew that if he stayed another minute on this street he would keel over where he stood.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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