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keel over

verb

to turn upside down; capsize
informal.
intr to collapse suddenly

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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]

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When she was 13 years old, Ms Thomas said she remembered "keeling over in agony" at the back of the classroom.

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"When I'm older, when the body's keeled over a bit, I expect I'll pick up where I left off," he said.

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They kiss, keel over, profess their love, resist their exploitation.

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You have to do comparisons and say, ‘I need more space to sing so I don’t just keel over.’

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“I’m paying through the nose. Every day, I’m seeing another bill, and I’m about to keel over.”

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