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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb colloq. To drop down in a faint, or as if dead; to die.
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- verb intransitive, nautical Of a
vessel : toroll so far on itsside that it cannotrecover ; tocapsize . - verb intransitive, idiomatic To
collapse in afaint ; toblack out ; todie .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb turn over and fall
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