Working outside in this heat, she was afraid someone would keel over.
The old man simply keeled over on the sidewalk from a heart attack, I suppose.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
keel over — {v.} 1. To turn upside down; tip over; overturn. Usually refers to a boat. * /The strong wind made the sailboat keel over and the passengers fell into the water./ 2. {informal} To fall over in a faint; taint. * /It was so hot during the assembly… … Dictionary of American idioms
keel over — {v.} 1. To turn upside down; tip over; overturn. Usually refers to a boat. * /The strong wind made the sailboat keel over and the passengers fell into the water./ 2. {informal} To fall over in a faint; taint. * /It was so hot during the assembly… … Dictionary of American idioms
keel over — keel o ver, v. i. To drop down in a faint, or as if dead; to die. [Colloq.] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
keel over — [v] fall, faint black out, capsize, collapse, drop, founder, go down, overturn, pass out, pitch, plunge, slump, swoon, topple, tumble, upset; concepts 152,181 Ant. stand, straighten … New thesaurus
keel over — verb turn over and fall (Freq. 1) the man had a heart attack and keeled over • Hypernyms: ↑tumble, ↑topple • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s … Useful english dictionary
keel over — v. (D; intr.) to keel over from (to keel over from the heat) * * * [ kiːl əʊvə] (D; intr.) to keel over from (to keel over from the heat) … Combinatory dictionary
keel over — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms keel over : present tense I/you/we/they keel over he/she/it keels over present participle keeling over past tense keeled over past participle keeled over 1) informal if a person keels over, they fall,… … English dictionary
keel\ over — v 1. To turn upside down; tip over; overturn. Usually refers to a boat. The strong wind made the sailboat keel over and the passengers fell into the water. 2. informal To fall over in a faint; taint. It was so hot during the assembly program that … Словарь американских идиом
keel over — 1) the boat keeled over Syn: capsize, turn turtle, turn upside down, founder; overturn, turn over, flip (over), tip over 2) the slightest activity made him keel over Syn: collapse, faint, pass out, bl … Thesaurus of popular words
keel over — to die The capsizing of a boat, or the figurative fall of a bird from its perch: He told me he might keel over at any time. (A. Waugh, Private Eye, August 1980) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
