pass-out
noun1
A ticket (or similar) allowing a person to leave (a theatre etc) and subsequently re-enter
pass out
verbalso spelled pass-out8 senses
- 1To faint; to become unconscious.
- 2To fall asleep irrespective of wilful action, as a…
- 3To distribute.
- 4To graduate, usually marked by a ceremony at the end of training.
- 5To become proficient in a particular job or task.
- 6To graduate from university.
- 7To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids.
- 8Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, out.
1
To faint; to become unconscious.
- I pass out at the sight of blood.
- I passed out on the train after drinking a bottle of vodka.
1 more example
- At the end of the presentations, the whole folk scene joined hands and sang We Shall Overcome so many times that everybody passed out.1965 December, Phil Ochs, “That Was The Year That Weren't”, in Cavalier:
2
Slang 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.
- Near-synonyms: hand out, give out
- We'll pass out copies of the agenda.
4
Law enforcement, Police Usually, Of soldiers To graduate, usually marked by a ceremony at the end of training.
- He wasn't allowed to finish his training to go to France; but was sent to England on a Physical Training Course and passed out First Class.1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 113:
- "She had asked at Paddington for a return to Lympstone on the Exmouth branch, where her son was due to pass out as a Royal Marine that afternoon, at the local training camp. "Presumably, the booking clerk had misheard her and sold her a ticket to Leominster, and other helpful staff had unwittingly helped her on her way.2022 July 13, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 961, page 71:
5
Broadly To become proficient in a particular job or task.
- "It took me about a month to pass out on this box," he adds. "It's easy to be daunted by all the levers and bell codes and Absolute Block, but it's all the usual rules of anywhere else. You can't just come up here from the street though, and I thought I'd never be able to work this SB [signal box], but you just get on with it until it becomes second nature."2018, Rail, issue 857, July 18-July 31, article on Severn Bridge Junction signal box at Shrewsbury
6
India To graduate from university.
- He passed out of the Madras University in 1990.
8
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, out.
- “You speak of terms,” she said. “These are mine. Stand aside and let me pass.” […] “So you accede to my terms?” she said. “I am to pass out?”1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:
- Related terms
- syncope, near-syncope