as in to faint
to lose consciousness
I passed out from the flu
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The captain had briefly left the cockpit to use the lavatory when the copilot fainted during a flight from Frankfurt to Seville, Spain, on February 17, 2024, said the report from the agency, called CIAIAC.—
Alex Stambaugh,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025 -
According to the Associated Press, the copilot fainted after the pilot got up to use the bathroom, citing German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa).—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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“Pass out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20out. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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