nod out
C1 slang intransitive
In simple words
To fall into a drugged, unconscious state from taking opioids or similar drugs.
Meanings
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idiomatic
slang
To lose consciousness or fall into an insensible stupor as a result of opioid or sedative drug use.
"Paramedics found him nodded out in the alley behind the building."
Usage notes
Associated specifically with opioid (heroin, morphine, opioid pain medication) use. Used in drug-related journalism, fiction, and public health writing. Not appropriate in general conversation; learners should know this term for passive comprehension only.
Commonly used with
heroin opioids couch floor
Forms
Base
nod out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
nods out
he/she/it
Past simple
noded out
yesterday
Past participle
noded out
have + pp
-ing form
noding out
continuous
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