pass out


verb(adverb)
  1. (intr) informal to become unconscious; faint

  2. (intr) British (esp of an officer cadet) to qualify for a military commission; complete a course of training satisfactorily: General Smith passed out from Sandhurst in 1933

  1. (tr) to distribute

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Other Idioms and Phrases with pass out

pass out

Distribute, as in He passed out the papers. [Early 1900s]

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