nod out

present singular third person nods out · participle present nodding out · participle past nodded out · past nodded out

1. idiomaticTo become drowsy and fall asleep; nod off.

   The chair had no arms to prop me up, so when I nodded out I'd slump sideways in the chair.

   2009, Mackenzie Phillips, High On Arrival, page 260

   2 more examples

   (London calling) And I don’t wanna shout; But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out.

   1979 December 14, The Clash, “London Calling”, in London Calling

   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.

   2014, Billy Idol, Dancing with Myself, page 178