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conk out

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C20: of uncertain origin

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Stop functioning, fail, as in The engine finally conked out . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s]

Fall asleep, as in Every evening he conked out in front of the television set . [1940s]

Faint or collapse, as in I don't know if it was the heat, but she suddenly conked out . [1920s]

Die, as in He's paranoid about conking out and he's only twenty! [Late 1920s]

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The food van that conked out at Del Rosario’s house was from Revolution Foods, one of the vendors in the city’s delivery program.

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But my pacemaker battery was running low, and what if it conked out in the middle of an extraction?

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I had to replace an air conditioner motor that just couldn’t keep up and conked out.

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It wasn’t until a week later that Shute realized how seriously her cognitive function had declined after her AC conked out.

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Desolate streets and mobile phones that conk out from the heat: what life has been like in Cagliari, a popular Italian vacation spot, recently.

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