nod out

English

Verb

nod out (third-person singular simple present nods out, present participle nodding out, simple past and past participle nodded out)

  1. (idiomatic) To become drowsy and fall asleep; nod off.
    • 1979 December 14, The Clash, “London Calling”, in London Calling:
      (London calling) And I don’t wanna shout;
      But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out.
    • 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.
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