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keel over

To collapse in a faint; to black out; to die.
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We should all go inside, before somebody keels over from the heat.

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Submitted on August 31, 2012

Additional definitions for 'keel over':

keel overOf a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize.
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