lose consciousness

idiom

: to become unconscious
She lost consciousness briefly.

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The body simply won’t lose consciousness, and losing it is something that cannot be willed into existence, or, rather, into nonexistence. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 In a severe stage of hypothermia a person may be unable to stand or walk, and will likely lose consciousness altogether. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025 The low levels of oxygen at high elevations also ensures that a person in a wheel well will eventually lose consciousness until the airplane drops below 10,000 feet. Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025 Both offer a critique of bedside manner; patients that, seemingly fine, suddenly lose consciousness; red herrings, dead ends and wrong trees to bark up. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lose consciousness

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“Lose consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20consciousness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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