Meaning & use
pass out
To lose consciousness suddenly, usually from heat, shock, exhaustion, or lack of food.
See it in a sentence
She nearly passed out from the heat after standing in the sun for two hours.
He felt dizzy and thought he might pass out before the ambulance finally arrived.
A note on using this word
Pass out is an informal phrasal verb; faint is the more neutral, formal equivalent used in medical writing.
Words with a similar meaning
faintblack out
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To distribute something to a group of people.
The teacher asked a student to pass out the graded tests to the class.
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