flake out

English

Verb

flake out (third-person singular simple present flakes out, present participle flaking out, simple past and past participle flaked out)

1. (intransitive, informal) To fall asleep from exhaustion or intoxication; to lie down.
2. (intransitive, informal) To flake or be flaky: to prove unreliable; to abandon or desert someone.

   John said he could drive me to the airport, but then he flaked out on me, and I had to call a cab at the last minute.

3. (intransitive, slang) To crack up or break down; to have a mental episode; to behave eccentrically.

Derived terms

• flakers

References

• “flake out”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.