keel over

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal

It keeled over with a shriek of metal and hit the next lamppost, which collapsed sideways into the next.

From Literature

Both men were overcome with emotion during the ceremony, in tears, and Rinderknech keeled over and had to be helped into a chair.

From Barron's

It’s the humidity, which has spiked to over 80%, that has them feeling ready to keel over between sets.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I feel fine; I’ll probably keel over after I hang up the phone,” he joked.

From Los Angeles Times