# pass out

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To faint; to become unconscious.
2. To fall asleep irrespective of wilful action, as a result of the consumption of alcohol or other drugs or another form of physiological exhaustion.
3. To distribute.
4. To graduate, usually marked by a ceremony at the end of training.
5. To become proficient in a particular job or task.
6. To graduate from university.
7. To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids.
8. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, out.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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