nod out
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]nod out (third-person singular simple present nods out, present participle nodding out, simple past and past participle nodded out)
- (idiomatic) To become drowsy and fall asleep; nod off.
- 2009, Mackenzie Phillips, High On Arrival, page 260:
- The chair had no arms to prop me up, so when I nodded out I'd slump sideways in the chair.
- 2014, Billy Idol, Dancing with Myself, page 178:
- I nodded out while waiting for the bleach to take and woke up an hour or so later with most of my hair fried, leaving a tuft at the front stuck up just enough to prevent anyone from seeing just how short it really was.