flake out
English
editVerb
editflake out (third-person singular simple present flakes out, present participle flaking out, simple past and past participle flaked out)
- (intransitive, informal) To fall asleep from exhaustion or intoxication; to lie down.
- (intransitive, informal) 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.
- (intransitive, slang) To crack up or break down; to have a mental episode; to be eccentric.
References
edit- “flake out”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.