pass out
Verb
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Verb
pass out
- (intransitive) To faint; to become unconscious
- I pass out at the sight of blood.
- I passed out on the train after drinking a bottle of vodka.
- (transitive) To distribute, to hand out
- We'll pass out copies of the agenda.
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see pass, out
- 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw ↗:
- “You speak of terms,” she said. “These are mine. Stand aside and let me pass.” […] “So you accede to my terms?” she said. “I am to pass out?”
- 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw ↗:
- (India) To graduate from university.
- (of soldiers, police, fire-fighters etc.) To graduate, usually marked by the ceremony at the end of their training.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 113:
- He wasn't allowed to finish his training to go to France; but was sent to England on a Physical Training Course and passed out First Class.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 113:
- (by extension) To become proficient in a particular job or task
- 2018, Rail, issue 857, July 18-July 31, article on Severn Bridge Junction signal box at Shrewsbury:
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- 2018, Rail, issue 857, July 18-July 31, article on Severn Bridge Junction signal box at Shrewsbury:
- (bridge, transitive) To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids.
- French: tourner de l'œil
- German: ohnmächtig werden, aus den Latschen kippen
- Portuguese: desmaiar
- Russian: отключи́ться
- Spanish: desmayarse
- French: distribuer
- Portuguese: distribuir
- Spanish: distribuir
- Spanish: graduarse
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