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pass out verb phrase To die.

1939 Hall Coll (Bradley Fork NC) I stayed with [Horace Kephart] until he passed out. f973 GSMNP-5:18 He got sick and passed out.  1981 Pederson et al. LAGS: pass out = attested by 2/60 interviewees (3.3%) from E TN and 3/35 (8.6%) from N GA; 5/24 of all LAGS interviewees (20.8%) attesting term were from Appalachia.

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