crash out
To fall asleep from exhaustionTo fall asleep from exhaustion.
» I'm going to crash out soon.
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2 languagesExamples
2 sentencesI'm going to crash out soon.
Tom was too drunk to drive home, so he crashed out on Mary's couch.
ruТом был слишком пьян, чтобы доехать до дома, так что он переночевал на диванчике у Мэри. — Ooneykcall
Meaning
8 senses(informal)To fall asleep from exhaustion.
He crashed out after a long day of work.
(informal)To terminate with an unhandled error; to crash.
Harry didn't know why but the computer crashed out all of a sudden.
(informal)To be eliminated from a competition.
He crashed out at the second round of the tournament.
More meanings 5
(transitive)To produce or create rapidly; to bang out.
To rapidly precipitate.
(Internet)To act out recklessly and violently, often in a way that leads to self-destruction or serious consequences, typically in enraged reaction to something.
(slang)To become uncontrollably angry or upset; to rage, snap.
Losing six games in a row was enough to make my friend start crashing out.
ausrasten, durchdrehen, aufbrausen
(US, slang)To break out of a prison.
Origin
From crash + out. References online to the slang sense go as far back as a Twitter post frFrom crash + out. References online to the slang sense go as far back as a Twitter post from 2013, attributed to YoungBoy Never Broke Again, a rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Popularized by a December 2023 viral TikTok video. The earliest clear printed use turns up in a 1940 crime novel called High Sierra by W. R. Burnett. A character sits thinking about escape and says:
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Forms
crashes out, crashing out, crashed out, crashed outirregular
| Base form | crash out · to crash out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | crashes out |
| Present participle | crashing out |
| Past simple | crashed out |
| Past participle | crashed out |
Tenses
crash out · crashed out · will crash out · have crashed outPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
6 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
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