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conks out
verb
Third person singular of conk out
Exact(20)
And the battery conks out after less than an hour.
As the microphone conks out in the deluge, she joins the crowd in an impromptu mass rendition of La Marseillaise.
When the electricity in a high-rise building conks out, one character complains: "What's it this time?
It appears his car just conks out on him just as he accelerates away from the corner.
But before that tale can be told, the television conks out — or, more precisely, is conked over someone's head — and its ending is never revealed.
It can carry on for nearly 100 miles on a full charge, though in the bitter Norwegian winters, he concedes, it conks out much sooner.
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My phone conked out mid-flight.
"Old boilers are conking out," she said.
He conked out but he was awake again at half-three.
He's tired of his technology conking out on him.
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's overseas engine conked out in 2016.
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