faint dead away
faint dead away
To lose consciousness; to pass out. I don't know what happened, I just got dizzy all of a sudden and fainted dead away.
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faint dead away
Fig. to faint and fall unconscious. I almost fainted dead away. David will faint dead away when he reads this.
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