keel over

Verb

Meaning

turn over and fall

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fall drop pitch collapse tip founder faint keel overturn slump topple tumble swoon capsize black out
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Antonyms

balance stand recover revive awake stand up
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Hypernyms

topple tumble

Examples

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over. Brenda Blethyn

Artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal mines filled with poison gas, long before more robust types realize that any danger is there. Kurt Vonnegut

Hark, hark! the lark On windswept bark Freezes against a sky of lead! Now see him stop, Take one small hop, And suddenly keel over dead! Ogden Nash

The most useful thing I could do before this meeting is to keel over. On the other hand, artists are keeling over by the thousands every day and nobody seems to pay the least attention. Kurt Vonnegut

I guess I'll just slip into the studio after the next time with the Muses, and then just keel over and die. Kristen Hersh

If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over. Yiddish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

keel keel arch keel haul keel-block keel-jawed needlefish keel-shaped