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Discover LudwigThe phrase "faint on" is not commonly used in written English and may not sound natural to native speakers.
It is not grammatically incorrect but may be considered awkward or outdated. However, you may come across this phrase in older literature or poetry. In this context, "faint on" means to lose consciousness or become weak due to a lack of energy or emotion. Example: "After running the marathon, the exhausted runner could feel her legs giving out and her vision beginning to faint on her."
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"Just don't faint on stage," he said.
People faint on this show, so it's really important.
"Should we have someone faint on opening night?" he asked.
I've seen numerous people faint on the train.
She fears he may faint on his way to school.
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Ms Williams' health was a talking point in 2017 when she fainted on-air.
There's no backlight, and only a faint grey-on-black circle or line for guidance.
I said I wasn't an author and hadn't the faintest on how to become one.
He knows of one novice guest worker who fainted on a tobacco farm last year and died.
Taking his daughter back to school in New Jersey, one Sunday morning, he almost faints on the Geo.Wash.Bridge.
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