keel over
phrasal verb
keeled over; keeling over; keels over
informal
: to fall down suddenly
He just keeled over and died from a heart attack.
I almost keeled over with/in laughter.
Examples of keel over in a Sentence
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In temperatures that touched 30C (86F) and humidity that reached 90 per cent, their identity was reduced to not keeling over and using regular intervals to take on water.
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George Caulkin, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
Otherwise healthy workers keel over at their desks after long stretches of overtime or after consummating a high-pressure deal, usually from a stroke or heart attack.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
The worst of them came on Sept. 3, 2017, when Scott was discovered by park security keeled over a bench in California Adventure near the 1901 Lounge.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
In these dire straits, rather than keel over and die, many organisms have mastered the art of dormancy.
—Dan Samorodnitsky, Quanta Magazine, 5 June 2024
And then Alexandra coughs up blood and keels over, dead within seconds.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
After Draymond Green got assessed two technical fouls in rapid succession to get ejected Wednesday night, Curry keeled over.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Up to this point, Robbie had been playing a silly fantasy on the fritz, contemplating death, keeling over on fake lawns in real defeat.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
Despite the jaunty pop song playing, an older man going for a morning jog in a scrubby Buenos Aires park, suddenly keels over dead of a heart attack.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
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George Caulkin, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
Otherwise healthy workers keel over at their desks after long stretches of overtime or after consummating a high-pressure deal, usually from a stroke or heart attack.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
The worst of them came on Sept. 3, 2017, when Scott was discovered by park security keeled over a bench in California Adventure near the 1901 Lounge.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
In these dire straits, rather than keel over and die, many organisms have mastered the art of dormancy.
—Dan Samorodnitsky, Quanta Magazine, 5 June 2024
And then Alexandra coughs up blood and keels over, dead within seconds.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
After Draymond Green got assessed two technical fouls in rapid succession to get ejected Wednesday night, Curry keeled over.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Up to this point, Robbie had been playing a silly fantasy on the fritz, contemplating death, keeling over on fake lawns in real defeat.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
Despite the jaunty pop song playing, an older man going for a morning jog in a scrubby Buenos Aires park, suddenly keels over dead of a heart attack.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
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“Keel over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keel%20over. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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