conk out
(of machines, cars, etc) to fail suddenly
to tire suddenly or collapse, as from exhaustion
Origin of conk out
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How to use conk out in a sentence
Praying for sleep, perhaps, but the right to conk out near the table?
Eat Turkey All You Want! It’s Not Going to Put You to Sleep | Kent Sepkowitz | November 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST"You better be thinking of getting us in, one of my engines is about to conk out on me," he called across.
A Yankee Flier in Italy | Rutherford G. MontgomeryI stared at Regis and demanded, "I didn't conk out, did I, from a little scratch like this?"
The Planet Savers | Marion Zimmer Bradley
Other Idioms and Phrases with conk out
Stop functioning, fail, as in The engine finally conked out. [Colloquial; early 1900s]
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