nod out

nod out

1. To fall asleep, usually briefly or when one is not mean to. I was so tired from staying up all night that I kept nodding out throughout the day.

2. To enter a euphoric state between consciousness and unconsciousness as a result of drug use, especially heroin or opioids. We all just got our fix and nodded out in the living room. I noticed his skin turning blue after he nodded out, so I called an ambulance.

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nod out

v. Slang

To fall asleep without intending to do so, especially as a result of taking a drug or medicine: The medicine made me so tired that I nodded out on the subway.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

nodded out

mod. in heroin euphoria; under the influence of heroin. (Drugs.) Max nodded out after his fix.

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