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keeling over

VERB

fall, faint

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pass out

WEAK

black out capsize collapse drop founder go down overturn pitch plunge slump swoon topple tumble upset

Antonyms

WEAK

stand straighten

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keeling over

The only way to deploy this exhausting strategy without keeling over is to be fit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Another clip shows a young athlete dramatically keeling over.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2022

On Facebook, Margaret Renee Grimes Clack shared a video of a large tree keeling over in front of her home in Panama City.

From Fox News ● Oct. 11, 2018

I leave the house but have to sit down every 10 minutes for fear of keeling over.

From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2017

All over the track, athletes were keeling over and being carted off to hospitals.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand