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flaked out

flaked out is the simple past and past participle of flake out.

Meaning of flake out

Verb

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

  1. (informal, intransitive) To fall asleep from exhaustion or intoxication; to lie down.
  2. (informal, intransitive) 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.

Questions about flaked out

What is flaked out the simple past and past participle of?
Flaked out is the simple past and past participle of flake out.

Words near flaked out in the dictionary

  1. flakeboard
  2. flakeboards
  3. flaked
  4. flaked down
  5. flaked off
  6. flaked out
  7. Flakegate
  8. flakeless
  9. flakelet
  10. flakelets
  11. flakelike

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