go out like a light

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black out v.
black out v.
swoon v.

VERB

black out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cross out cut off darken erase extinguish faint pass out

STRONG

delete

WEAK

batten conceal cover cover up eclipse eradicate hold back keel over make dark obfuscate quash rub out shade smother squash squelch stifle suppress swoon zonk out

Antonyms

WEAK

add pencil in resuscitate revive uncover

VERB

black out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lose consciousness pass out

WEAK

collapse crap out draw a blank slip into coma swoon zone out

Antonyms

WEAK

add pencil in resuscitate revive uncover

VERB

swoon

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pass out

STRONG

collapse drop weaken

WEAK

be overcome become unconscious black out feel giddy feel lightheaded keel over lose consciousness

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go out like a light

All her dreams will go out, like a light extinguished in the dark, All her hopes will be broken to pieces.

From Greifenstein by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

go out like a light

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