pass out
BothSense-dependent: some meanings take an object and split, others take none. Check the sense you mean.
How to say it
Stress the particle, not the verb: pass OUT. Saying “PASS out” is the clearest learner tell — the verb stays light and the particle carries the beat.
Link across the gap. The final /s/ of “pass” moves onto the particle and starts its syllable: “pass out” is said “pa-sout”. Pausing between the words is what makes phrasal verbs sound recited rather than spoken.
2 meanings
- 1
To lose consciousness; to faint.
- “He felt dizzy and almost passed out during the heatwave.”
- “She passed out at the sight of the needle.”
Similar: faint, black out
- 2
To distribute something to a group.
- “Pass out the handouts while I set up the projector.”
Similar: hand out, distribute